Founding member and design director at Dolmen, a leading Innovation Management and New Product Development Consultancy, established in 1991. See website: www.dolmen.ie for details.James has been recognised for his design excellence internationally over the years.• Red Dot Design awards (Germany), Client, Holt Industries, Snooker table design. • Brunell award (USA), Client, Irish Rail, Train carriage design commendation.• Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI awards… Show more Founding member and design director at Dolmen, a leading Innovation Management and New Product Development Consultancy, established in 1991. See website: www.dolmen.ie for details.James has been recognised for his design excellence internationally over the years.• Red Dot Design awards (Germany), Client, Holt Industries, Snooker table design. • Brunell award (USA), Client, Irish Rail, Train carriage design commendation.• Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI awards Ireland), Client Irish Rail, Logo and Branding design.• ICAD awards (Ireland). Client, Irish Rail, Corporate Identity design.• Zero Project Award, (Vienna, Austria), Client NDA Ireland, toolkits for better customer engagement in the tourism sector.• IDI award (Ireland), Client Juku Gear, Universal Design in packaginmg design innovation. Show less

James has over 30 years experience in Product and and Service design coupled with Innovation Management. He worked as a Senior Industrial Designer for the Dimension Group in Dublin before joining Dolmen. Key area of expertise is the management and implementation of large-scale New Product Development Programmes for corporations and SMEs.Key competencies are: 1. New Product/Service Development and Innovation Management. Idea generation, product design and engineering, prototyping and… Show more James has over 30 years experience in Product and and Service design coupled with Innovation Management. He worked as a Senior Industrial Designer for the Dimension Group in Dublin before joining Dolmen. Key area of expertise is the management and implementation of large-scale New Product Development Programmes for corporations and SMEs.Key competencies are: 1. New Product/Service Development and Innovation Management. Idea generation, product design and engineering, prototyping and production management: His design remit also covers branding, packaging design, point of sale, interior design, transport design and signage/information design. 2. Experienced Manager of large scale national Innovation and R&D projects.3. Intellectual Property Management.4. Market research and Feasibility studies 5. Business Development and Financial support 6. Product compliance & E.U. standards Show less