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Eight Previous Finalists in the All-Island Seedcorn Competition IntroArmacEnthused by the infectiousness of aerospace, Armac System’s Micheál Armstrong has been on a journey that has taken him from his mechanical engineering days in Trinity College Dublin to being instrumental in enabling companies to improve their service levels and reduce their inventory investment.Sigmoid PharmaAssimilating the harmonies of traditional Irish music into his consciousness may be time out from the busyness of Ivan Coulter’s corporate life but it very much embodies the essence of the business he has created which centres on ensuring that effective drug delivery induces harmonious functioning in the human body. EnBio™A passion for scientific endeavour may have brought EnBio™’s founders together but capitalising on the exceptional surface modification and coating technology which lies at the heart of their company and a hunger for technological superiority in their sector is what drives Dan Philpott, John O’Donohgue, Joe O’Keeffe and Vincent Grady forward. CellixA post graduate research project undertaken within the hallowed halls and walls of academia catapulted Vivienne Williams and Dmitry Kashanin into an entrepreneurial world which now sees them transforming their research into ground-breaking new products to dramatically reduce lead times in drug discovery, diagnostics and medical research. i-conXThe flow of traffic between telecommunications operators occupies the minds of Brendan Rogan and Francis Donnelly daily. Tracking call movement, and calculating the billing time and fee allocation between carriers is what their company, i-conX, the fastest growing interconnect specialist, excels in. KelsiusPhysicist Dr David Gray may have created a roll call of innovations since the 1980s but it’s his latest invention, an Internet connected wireless sensor monitoring technology, which is capturing the minds of the food and healthcare sectors and positioning Kelsius as a key player in the pervasive Internet devices and applications field. MovidiaThree like-minded people with distinct opinions about the direction in which mobile phone technology should be going in was the perfect recipe for success for an entrepreneurial venture in the mobile technology arena. Sean Mitchell, David Moloney and Martin Mellody are now taking their fabless semiconductor company, Movidia, to new heights. MaildistillerWhile Colm McGoldrick’s company, Maildistiller, may be operating ‘in the clouds’, his mind is firmly grounded and operating in reality. Incensed by the intrusive nature of professionally equipped spammers, he set out to thwart their clandestine operations, creating a software set which offers real-time enhanced security protection for email transactions. Glossary of Terms |