Kickoff Sessions

Darragh O’ Riordan is a business leader with over twenty years’ experience in marketing, sales, and business systems in technology and healthcare industries. Darragh hosts the Digital Transformation Lab podcast and focuses on building resilient, high performing teams and supporting team members career growth and development. He has extensive experience in business development with VMware, CoreHR a...

In this solo session I take a look into New Year’s resolutions and why so many of them are destined for failure from the very beginning. I provide a detailed insight into four major components: Financial, Career, Health and Personal . Breaking down each objective by ensuring they are both actionable and achievable . I use these as a basis for constructing well formulated New Year’s resolutions. Do...

Lem Springsteen is part of the house music duo Mood II Swing based in New York City. Lem is a song writer, music producer and recently completed an international DJ tour from 2016 to 2018. Mood II Swing became one of the most in-demand remixers in the late ‘90s, with remixes of Ultra Naté's "Free" that struck gold. Their impact extended beyond New York's house scene to techno a...

Luke Mackey is the Country Manager of Bolt , Europe’s largest mobility company. Bolt now has more than 30 million users across 40 countries and is valued at around $1.9 billion. Bolt has launched in Dublin with more than 1,000 taxi drivers and recently raised $182 million to expand its on demand transportation network in Europe and Africa.  Previously to joining Bolt, Luke was CEO of Bamboo , the...

Conor Carlson is a bodybuilder and co-founder of Accomplish Fitness , providing online physique coaching, tailored training and nutrition for clients. Conor has a BSc in Sports Science and MSc in Sports Management from University College Dublin. Bodybuilding has been a major component of Conor’s life and after university he made the difficult decision to concentrate entirely on training and online...

Gary Melican is a web developer that specializes in web design, analytics, SEO, email marketing and conversion. After a successful career in the start-ups world, a significant event drove Gary to starting Gary Melican Web Design , which he describes as “the best thing that ever happened to me” . Gary has recently curated his own online web development course, an intense 30-hour coursework covering...

Will O’ Brien is head of growth and government affairs at Zipp Mobility . Zipp are an Irish e-scooter operator bringing a more sustainable scooter sharing model to cities in the UK, Ireland and further afield. Zipp brings a quick and convenient way to travel around the city and provide customers with a ‘last-mile’ solution to and from public transport links. The Dublin-based e-scooter start-up hav...

Ryan Conlan specializes in personal branding and digital marketing strategies which have resulted in over 1.6 million views on LinkedIn. Through trial and error, Ryan learned some of approaches to tap into a rapidly growing LinkedIn user base in the last couple of years. Sharing regular content on topics such as productivity, personal development, and growth. He has recently become a TEDx speaker...

Graham Healy is the Country Manager of Avanade Ireland since 2018. Prior to this, Graham spent a number of years as a Managing Director in Sales with Accenture working across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He has experience as the Chief Operating Officer of a scaling a start-up as well as experience with Accenture in business development, alliance management, and technology consulting.  Graham a...

Conor Lyden is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Trustap , an award-winning Irish Fintech start-up with a specific focus on enabling users to transact online with complete peace of mind. Trustap is a secure transaction platform that completely protects the consumer from fraud when you wish to buy or sell with someone you don't know. Trustap operates in over 135 countries covered in...

Victoria Fox is an entrepreneur, public speaker, writer and founder of the multi-award-winning MISS FOX Melbourne , Self-Care Sanctuary. Most recently, winning the Worlds Spa Awards for “Worlds Best Beauty Salon” of 2018 and 2019. She has recently started her online business coaching programme, providing professional advice to entrepreneurs in their own career. After building her own company for o...

Joe Lennon is the cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of Workvivo , an Irish technology company which helps companies to communicate with employees working remotely. Joe and his cofounder John Goulding have recently been nominated for the 2020 EY Entrepreneur of The Year award. In the past year, Workvivo has experienced over 200% growth in user numbers, with customers operating in over 50 count...

Kickoff Sessions is hosted by Darren Lee , who interviews everyone from entrepreneurs and tech CEOs to business leaders and high performance athletes to delve deeper into their mindset, perspectives and success factors. Providing a wealth of knowledge and advice for people in their professional careers and personal lives. You'll learn some of the building blocks to successful entrepreneurship...