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Red Circle Management:
A graduate of Computer Systems from the University of Limerick Ger worked for McGraw-Hill for many years in many roles, from General Manager of Software Development, Galway, Ireland to strategic advisor and Chief Technology Officer for Europe based in Manhattan, NY. In early '95 Ger left many years of multinational experience and joining WOMEX one of the first internet trading companies as Executive Vice President of European operations based out of Dublin, Ireland. He opened six satellite sales offices throughout mainland Europe and the European operation accounted for over 30% of WOMEX's sales. Despite having a great system and a great idea, it was too early and WOMEX unfortunately had to cease operation in mid '97. Ger than established his own company Call Two providing interactive voice services to Irelands top multinationals. Following extensive research Ger concluded that Voice technology would be the next major wave to access information. In April 2000, Call Two was re-launched as Red Circle to reflect this new change in focus.
Sean is a leading consultant to Internet and Technology companies Since establishing his practice in 1994 ( after 30 years at IBM ) , he has become involved in a wide range of Technology businesses, as a Business Advisor, as an Investor, and as an Executive. In many cases these involved start-up situations. In 1994/95 he was strategic advisor to Ireland's first internet service provider Ireland Online ( now owned by British Telecom ). Along the way Sean was also Sales Advisor to Bank of Ireland in respect of Retail Operations in Ireland and Britain. Sean's experience at IBM covered the range from Technical to Sales to Management. As a Sales Manager, he managed technical and sales teams in Telecommunications, Software and Mainframes. As part of the Executive Team, he was responsible for Strategic Planning, Pricing, Channel Management and Product Marketing. He also set up and was Managing Director of Think Computer Systems, IBM's IT outsourcing and facilities management subsidiary. Sean represents the "grey hairs " on the Team .
Cathal has 11 years experience in the IT and telecommunications industries. He has had a variety of management roles from Project Manager to Chief Technology Officer. He is a graduate of Electronic Engineering in UCD with a Masters Degree in Computer Applications from DCU. Prior to Red Circle, Cathal co-founded Estuary Technologies, an early player in the PDA and mobile phone software market. As CTO, he led the development of a portfolio of applications for the mobile business person running on these devices. Working with Broadcom Eireann he managed Broadcom involvement in European telecommunications provider collaborative research into user-friendly provisioning of telecommunications services. He held a variety of positions with eircom including core network switching development and management of eircom R&D partnership activities.
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