QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Comm. (1984 - University College Cork)
• M.B.A. (1988 - University of Bradford)
• Ph.D. (2001 - Trinity College, Dublin) - "Fast-Growth Firms And Entrepreneurial Teams: An Investigation Of The Structures And Strategies Employed By Firms In The U.S. And Irish Software Industry”

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

• M.M.I.I. - Marketing Institute of Ireland
• M.C.I.M. - Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K.)
• M.I.M.C.A. - Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers

MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER BODIES

1. Ireland's Network of Teachers and Researchers in Entrepreneurship
2. European Council for Small Business (President)
3. International Council for Small Business
4. Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
5. European Commission FP7 Advisory Group on SMEs
6. Irish Academy of Management
7. Price-Babson Fellow
8. Academy of Marketing

CURRENT RESEARCH

1. Minority Entrepreneurship
2. Entrepreneurial Teams
3. Fast-Growth Firms

SCHOOLS

1. St. Colman's College, Fermoy, Co. Cork.
2. Christian Brothers Primary School, Fermoy, Co. Cork.