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Helping companies embrace and unlock Innovation and R&D (RD&I) through ReaDI-Watch, an expert service team backed by an AI-assisted platform to bring RD&I to "real-time". As Co-Founder and CEO, I am scaling this business in Ireland, UK and launched the business in Canada in 2023. Born during the Covid pandemic, we scaled the business (bootstrapped) for, growing to a team of 15 (incl part time staff), operating in 3 markets. Our ambition? - Global Leader in the delivery of Digital Solutions for Innovation and R&D management, funding, collaboration and investment. Accolades for ReaDI-Watch include: - Ireland's 30-under-30 Entrepreneurs 2021 - SFA Small Business (Emerging) Winner 2022 - IMR Product Innovation & Design Finalist 2022 - Irish Times Innovation Awards Finalist 2023 - Tech Startup of the Year, Ireland National Startup Awards 2023 - AMBA & BGA Runner Up, Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 In ReaDI-Watch, we have gone through the following accelerator programmes: - IPO Ready Programme Entrepreneur (Euronext) - New Frontiers (Enterprise Ireland) - Web Summit Rise Summit Programme - Furthr Investor Ready Programme - ISO56002 (Innovation Management) Lead Auditor Programme Before ReaDI-Watch, what did I do ? Academics: - MSc Finance, University College Dublin Smurfit School of Business - BComm International, University College Dublin - Harvard Business School Alternative Investments Programme (Online during Covid - interest in Private Equity) Founding Board Member & R&D Specialist @ GB Innovation Ltd: - 7 years leading a team of up to 10 consultants working with SMEs and Large Companies to achieve best-in-class R&D and Innovation frameworks, strategies and processes across many industrial sectors. - Through our work, we have been profiled on the Irish Times, entered the Seedcorn Intertrade Ireland Awards, Finalist at SFA Awards, and have delivered numerous talks to Enterprise Ireland, IDA and other international RD&I bodies such as Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, RADMA Society.