Clare Palmer
Role: Fire Dancer Company: Firepoise Track Record: What does your job entail? I am the founder of fire performance group FirePoise. We offer fire shows for corporate events, weddings, festivals and parades across Ireland and every day is a bit different! I spend a lot of time in the office, sending off quotes to clients...
Victoria Murray
Role: Founder and Managing Director Company: Look QS Ltd Track Record: Victoria has a degree in quantity surveying from University of Ulster Jordanstown and is a Chartered Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) What is your educational background? I went to Regent House School in Newtownards. However, I left school before completing my...
Stuart Carson
Role: Head Account Manager Company: Rainbow Telecom Track Record: Stuart’s 12-year career in telecoms started with a two-year stint in Orange before he joined Rainbow and moved up the ranks. What does your job involve? I manage a team of six account managers as well as personally managing Rainbow’s largest accounts. My job is to...
Shauna Mullan
Role: Skills Competitions Manager Company: Department of Employment and Learning Track Record: What is your job? I work as Northern Ireland Skills Competitions manager within Sectoral Development Branch in the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL). I am responsible for the development and promotion of skills competitions in Northern Ireland, which feed into WorldSkills UK...
Nick Cann
Role: Novelist Company: Track Record: A designer by trade, then a journalist, Nick has written three books, the second of which was a Belfast Telegraph best seller in 2005. On the Island, his latest book, follows the trials and tribulations of one journalist’s quest for peace. What does your job involve? Well, obviously, writing books....
Naomi Orr
Role: Technical Engineer Company: Translink Track Record: What does your job involve? I am a member of Translink’s technical division based in our York Road office and work on both bus and rail engineering projects. My role is diverse from executing site audits to ensure our property is energy efficient to updating new routes and...
Kieran McGarrigle
Role: Business Development Manager Company: Playball, NICSSA Track Record: Beginning as an engineer, Kieran soon moved to engineering management, specialising in customer service. Having coached his local junior soccer team, his new role provides a perfect marriage of his skills. What does your job involve? My role is extremely varied and changes every day. The...
Kiera Campbell
Role: Sales Manager Company: Henderson Foodservice Track Record: After university, Kiera worked for Armstrong Medical then moved into Key Account management. She worked for Genesis Bakery, Cantrell and Cochrane and PRM before joining Henderson Foodservice. What does your job entail? I am responsible for managing the independent sales function within Henderson Foodservice and delivering the...
Jim King
Role: Head of HSENI’s major hazard group Company: Health & Safety Executive Northern Ireland Track Record: What does your job entail? My job is very knowledge-based, dealing with the wide-ranging and complex legal and technical aspects which make up the safety regime for gas, oil, petrol and hazardous chemicals. I manage a team of 10,...
Diarmid Sloan
Role: Co-founder Company: K Point Internet Solutions Track Record: Graduated from Queen’s University in 1998 and worked in BT’s software engineering centre What does your job entail? I use web technology to help companies solve everyday business problems. This can be developing software to automate and streamline existing processes, helping with inefficient practices and providing...