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Patrick Lismore

26, Just launched R8YourPolitician in the UK & Ireland empowering about 100 million people

Headline: Entrepreneur
Website: http://www.patricklismore.com
Industries: Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Nanotech
Skills: AJAX, Business, C/C++, Computer Engineering, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Embedded systems, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Facebook platform, Flash, French, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Negotiation, PHP, Public Relations, Public speaking, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Web design, Web Development, Windows, Windows applications
Next step: Need $10 million & team
Location: Belfast
Visas: All of Europe
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Supporting my investments, Trading services
Schools: Napier University

FEATURED STARTUP

R8 Your Politician

R8 Your Politician R8 Your Politician

Enhancing Democracy Worldwide!

  • Startup type: Social Enterprise
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Beta

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Rate Your Politician Ltd
Position: MD
Description: Just launched R8YourPolitician's UK and Ireland websites. In between contacting and engaging with Politicians the focus is on launching the US and Canadian websites.

Employer: Teradata Corporation, Prague, Czech Republic
Position: Global Delivery Control Consultant
Description: Duties include performing technical needs analysis, implementing database design, ETL scripting and Business Intelligence report generation. Responsible for delivering business and application specific consulting services included in the integrated solutions provided by Teradata Corporation, Daily monitoring and operating of core databases, daily ETL operations. Traveling to different cities and clients sites for client facing job roles such as Business analytical analyst

Employer: Virgin Media, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Position: Operations Support
Time period: July 2007 - May 2008
Description: • Duties’ included coordinating, managing and supporting the successful roll out of broadband Internet, digital television and telephone services across the United Kingdom
• Troubleshooting common broadband software/hardware issues
• Liaising with different departments and engineers. Constant telephone support for customer across the UK. Activating customer services and making sure, broadband, digital TV and telephone services were all operational for new customers

Employer: Internal Drive, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Position: Teacher
Time period: May 2007 - July 2007
Description: • Responsible for looking after groups of teenagers
• Organizing activities and events on a daily and weekly basis
• Taught several curriculum throughout the summer, Programming (J#, Java, C#, HTML, FLASH, ‘C’), Video Game Design and Robotics

Employer: Virgin Media, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Position: Operations Support
Time period: January 2007 - May 2008
Description: • Duties’ included coordinating, managing and supporting the successful roll out of broadband Internet, digital television and telephone services across the United Kingdom
• Troubleshooting common broadband software/hardware issues
• Liaising with different departments and engineers. Constant telephone support for customer across the UK. Activating customer services and making sure, broadband, digital TV and telephone services were all operational for new customers

Employer: The GEM, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position: Contact Center Representative
Time period: April 2005 - August 2006
Description: • Gem is modern contact cent re that handles outsourced contracts that deal with customer contact, Customer service, sales, through telephone, email and with the CISCO and MSN contracts live chat
• Job duties involved dealing with customer issues by phone and email, responding appropriately and adequately in a timely manner
• Customer service and sales were part of the Expedia.co.uk contract and email support through the Amazon.com contract

Employer: HCL BPO, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position: Contact Center Representative
Time period: January 2005 - April 2005
Description: • Part of the B & Q contract that provided support to the UK’s largest DIY chain.
• Job involved identifying customers needs and appropriately dealing with them, Phone based role with direct contact with the customer, customers wished to know which stores had particular products, where the customers order was and various other customer service type responsibilities

Employer: Spectrum Solutions, South Side Pittsburgh, PA
Position: IT Recruiter
Time period: March 2003 - July 2003
Description: • Duties involved daily calling of Project managers in different companies across the United States identifying their staffing needs and then sourcing out potential suitable qualified staff

Employer: Cardholder Management Services, Pittsburgh, PA
Position: Credit Collections Professional
Time period: May 2002 - March 2003
Description: • Job involved daily maintenance of credit card and bank portfolios via phone calls to recover outstanding debts

EDUCATION

University: Napier University
Degree: Software, BSc

PUBLICATIONS

Papers: JCSPre: the Robot Edition to Control LEGO NXT Robots
http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx?piid...
Patrick Lismore

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    Ignite Social Media

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