Gerry Cahill is the founder of Gerry Cahill Consulting. He brings over 20-years experience in Product Development Value Chain Management, New Product Introduction to Business Operations, Market Launch and Business Development Services to both small and large enterprises throughout EMEA. He has held several executive positions with Nortel, leading cross-functional multi-site teams in R+D locations in Ireland, France, Wales and India. He directed the $30M, 200-employee Technology Division which successfully developed and launched the Meridian 1 range of telecoms solutions throughout EMEA. He reduced development cycle times by 36%, accelerated product introduction rates into manufacturing and dramatically improved Customer satisfaction by a robust 50% across the Customer base.He has significant experience in Business Development; running professional services organisations in both small and large organisations, where he has increased sales and identified unnecessary operational inefficiencies and strengthened business processes with major Clients.He holds a B.Sc.(BSEE) degree in Electronic Systems and an M.Sc.(MSEE) in Computer Engineering, both from the University of Limerick, Ireland. He received his formal Management training in the School of Business, at Cranfield University, U.K.He is a registered European Union (EU) FP7 Expert for disciplines in the ICT sector.He is a registered Business Mentor with Enterprise Ireland.He lectures regularly on 'Growing your Business' to entrepeneurs at GMIT, Galway, Ireland.Specialties: Business Plan implementation of new Products and Services from Concept to CommercialisationSpecifically, Proven track record of successfully delivering major ICT project implementations for EMEA countries.ICT Life-cycle managementProvision of Superior Customer engagement and SupportEU FP7 Registered Expert