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been to add value to our clients where others
are not offering it, maximising efficiencies
and productivity through her dynamic
management style.
www.ctsprojects.net
@CTSProjects
others that as long as they work hard and
smart, anything is possible.
www.peacetech.co.uk
@speirin
business growing brand ‘NI Plc’ across the
globe.
I love learning and believe that we should
be encouraging STEM within our schools,
which is why I facilitated a range of visits to
NIACE by local schools and spoke at schools
on the importance of STEM to every day life.
I am a firm believer in collaboration and in
helping SME’s in particular to overcome
challenges, grow and achieve their true
potential.
www.ccp­gransden.com
@CCP_Gransden
RICHARD KENNEDY
JONATHAN IRELAND
JONATHAN IRELAND, Lanyon
Communications
Northern Ireland’s 40 Under 40 is about
recognising people who are a shining
example to others in business and there is no
doubt that Jonathan Ireland is exactly that.
At the age of just 30 he has grown a highly­
successful and well­reputed consultancy
business that services some of Northern
Ireland’s leading organisations. He is a strong
leader and manager, and his clients respect
and trust him implicitly.
He has established and maintained an
outstanding reputation in the local market
place – thanks to his commitment to
excellence and quality, his reliability and
integrity but, most of all, his likeable nature,
which renders him highly respected and
highly admired by clients, colleagues and
business colleagues alike.
As well as excelling in what is a demanding
and impressive career, Jonathan gives of his
time and expertise generally on numerous
Boards and Committees, and in extra­
curricular activities for the benefit and
enjoyment of others.
www.lanyoncommunications.com
@J_IrelandPR
RICHARD KENNEDY, xperience IT
Solutions
At Xperience Richard Kennedy looks after
the groups cloud division as well as the day­
to­day management of the engineering team.
Richard has been involved in the tech
sector for over 17 years and has founded
numerous companies, the last of which was
acquired in 2010. Richard recently joined the
company’s board of directors as Cloud
Services & Infrastructure Director.
Richard is an extremely experienced,
dedicated, loyal, focused and self­motivated
professional with extensive cloud computing,
virtualisation, managerial, business
development and technical expertise.
He has a proven track record in the design,
deployment and management of enterprise
grade, high performance, and redundant
cloud computing platforms.
On the cloud front, Xperience sees its future
lying well outside of Northern Ireland.
Geography means nothing when it comes to
the cloud.
There is no reason why Xperience cannot
work from Lisburn with companies and
organisations in the USA or anywhere else in
the world!
www.xperienceitsolutions.co.uk
@xperiencegroup
HENRY JOSEPH­GRANT, PeaceTech
I have extensive experience in what it takes
to build and scale technology startups.
Northern Ireland has a huge diaspora who
leave each year and I am doing everything I
can to help not just prevent that but create
new opportunities so those who have left
Northern Ireland can return.
I am not hugely concerned with raising my
own profile but realise that by doing so I can
help raise awa