BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP - Key Persons


Ari Chazanas

Job Titles:
  • Visionary Founder of LotusProperties.Com
Ari Chazanas, the visionary founder of LotusProperties.com, is a dynamic force in the Los Angeles real estate market. A seasoned entrepreneur and passionate advocate for community development, Ari's unique property acquisition and management approach has propelled LotusProperties.com to the forefront of the industry.

Barry O'Leary - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive
Barry O'Leary, chief executive IDA, Minister Michael Noonan, Barry O'Sullivan, Vistakon Ireland plant manager and Minister Richard Bruton Contact lens manufacturer Vistakon Ireland is creating 100 new highly skilled jobs at its site in the National Technology Park, Plassey, Co Limerick, where it is investing 100m in the expansion of its manufacturing operations. The investment, supported by IDA Ireland, will also lead to 200 temporary construction jobs over the next 18 months. Established in Limerick in 1996, Vistakon Ireland designs, manufactures and markets the Acuvue range of soft disposable contact lenses, the world's number one brand. It is one of several Johnson & Johnson companies operating in Ireland, employing a total of…

Barry O'Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Vistakon Ireland Plant Manager

Conor Neill

Job Titles:
  • Programme Director
Conor Neill, programme director for a new programme from Smurfit Executive Development at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School on this month entitled ‘Influence and Persuasive Communications', provides ten tips that differentiate powerful speakers from the rest. Practise beforehand Rehearse out loud. Work to control filler words. Use a clock to check your time, and allow for the unexpected. Know the set-up Arrive in advance to check out the speaking area, and practice using the microphone and any visual aids. Know your audience Try to speak to one or two people as they arrive - they will be your allies during the speech. Start with a…

Jon Shugart

Job Titles:
  • CEO of BookProfits Program
Jon Shugart, CEO of BookProfits, obtained his Bachelor of Science in mathematics with honors from North Georgia College & University. Mr. Shugart received his Masters of Education Leadership from the University of Southern Mississippi. However, after teaching high school mathematics for four years, Mr. Shugart caught the technology bug and enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology to study Computer Science in the year 2000. It was that decision that has led him down the path he is currently on. Over the past 19 years, Jon Shugart has followed his passion for technology and entrepreneurship and he has built several multi-million dollar businesses from scratch along the way. But more important to him than just the revenue is that they have helped improve the quality of their customers' lives.

José Mourinho

José Mourinho is among many as one of the greatest coaches in soccer (football) history, and he is the current manager of Manchester United. In his impressive managerial career, he has helmed top football clubs such as Porto, Real Madrid, and Chelsea.

Kevin Toland

Job Titles:
  • DAA CEO

Luke Sample

Job Titles:
  • Profits Program - Rockstar Internet Marketer
Luke Sample or Lambo Luke? Luke Sample is his given name and "Lambo Luke" is a nickname for his penchant for driving his Lamborghini. Photo: lukesample.com Capitalize on Amazon's incredible continued growth by co-owning the land where their MASSIVE warehouses reside and get paid ROYALTIES in the Amazon Royalty Program ! Luke Sample co-founded BookProfits (along with Jon Shugart ), a training program and software that helps entrepreneurs leverage part-time book trades for full-time profits. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? In what ways does that relate to what you do now? Well if we go WAY back, when I was very young I wanted to be a "garbage man". They had the coolest job to me which was standing on the back of the truck while it was moving, and tossing…

NUI Galway

NUI Galway has today named the four recipients of its 2015 honorary degrees. The four, who will be conferred this Friday (12 June), are: Áine Brazil, vice chairman of Thornton Tomasetti, New York, USA; Billy Lawless, Chicago-based Galway-born businessman and vice-president of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Svante Pääbo, Swedish biologist and director at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany; and Phillip Smyth, director of the Shannon College of Hotel Management. NUI Galway president, Dr Jim Browne, said each has made an outstanding and distinctive contribution to the diverse fields of engineering, public life, genetic science and the international hospitality industry. Brazil will be…

Shane Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Ex Paddy Power Executive
  • Power to Be EMEA Marketing Director
Ex Paddy Power executive Shane Murphy has been appointed as marketing director with responsibility for EMEA at retargeting platform AdRoll in Dublin. Murphy spent over three and a half years in a variety of senior marketing roles at Paddy Power, most recently as its head of online acquisition, and has ten years' experience in total. Marius Smyth, managing director EMEA at AdRoll, said: "With more than a decade of directly relevant experience during his time in Paddy Power and working in tech marketing in London, Shane is a natural leader with deep knowledge of and experience in marketing and technology across consumer and business markets in Europe."

Teeka Tiwari

Job Titles:
  • Editor of the Palm Beach Letter for the Palm Beach Research
Teeka Tiwari is the editor of the Palm Beach Letter for the Palm Beach Research Group. As one of the first investing experts to explore cryptocurrencies, Teeka Tiwari is a financial pioneer.