I’m an IT Consultant and Professional Dispute Mediator.<\/p>\n
I’m a partner in ARC Mediation<\/a>, a practice I founded in 2010 and one of then largest mediation practices in the country with expertise in workplace, commercial and family mediation. This is a very rewarding if occasionally stressful job.<\/p>\n I worked as an IT researcher and later Telecoms Software Architect from 1999 until 2012 \u00a0in the TSSG<\/a> research group in Waterford Ireland. At that point I decided to make civil, commercial & family mediation my full time job. I haven’t looked back since.<\/p>\n Owing to my background as an engineer, I often describe my mediation style & methodology as “a relationship mechanic”. Apparently I’m a good one and I read all the latest manuals to keep up to date.<\/p>\n I’m interested in what could politely be described as nerdsome pursuits including statistics, economics and electronic music production. I have been known to have a go at entrepreneurship and am a director of a business that sells art products in Ireland, UK and the US based on the water-colour art of Roisin O’Shea<\/a>. This has included placemats, coasters, jigsaws, calendars and fine arts prints.<\/p>\n My sporty activities involve hiking and occasionally\u00a0 surfing in freezing cold waters near Tramore, Waterford. I have far too much hiking gear, which I sometimes review on this blog.
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