Skyridge Consulting Ltd provides interim and project management solutions for businesses. Skyridge will add value to companies through - Broad experience (Leadership, Strategy, Management and Industry knowledge). - Developing, inspiring, mentoring and growing a strong focused team. - Providing strategic business solutions with strong financial results in terms of both ebit and cash-flows.-Work with specific businesses and Enterprise Ireland to transform high volume manufacturing business utilising Lean start, plus and transform grants and digital innovation grant to help each business in areas such as strategic planning, business process improvment, lean, change management, continuous improvement, organisational structure change, culture change and improved nett margin. Clients include Aryzta, Swedencare, Town Of Monaghan Coop, LacPatrick, KPMG, Irish Pride, McCambridge Ltd, Keelings Ltd, Enterprise Ireland, Allwood and Ornua.

One51 plastics is a group of 7 businesses with 350 employees and a turnover of 100m € specialising in high volume injection moulding focusing on large parts (wheelie bins, paint cans, etc.). The business operates in Ireland, UK, Europe and China. During this period Patrick was CEO of the plastics division and oversaw with the plastics team - A £5m investment in a start-up manufacturing business in the UK. - A $2m investment in a start-up manufacturing business in China. - Transformation / restructuring of the MGB wheelie bin business from people, processes, sales process and operations. - Divestment of two non core extrusion plastic businesses. - A considerable increase in organic sales, ebit and cash-flows for the division.

Irish Pride is a high volume bakery business in Ireland with 360 employees and a turnover of 60m € specialising in the packaged bread, confectionery, morning goods and burger bun sectors. Irish Pride is the number 2 brand in Ireland.

Irish Pride is a high volume bakery business with 360 employees and a turnover of 60m €. During the period Patrick also oversaw the installation of a state of the art burger bun production facility with a capital expenditure of 10m €.

IAWS bought the La Brea business for $50m in the USA in 2001 which was a family owned business with plans to treble in size. The business expanded from the west coast to the east coast of the USA by investing approx $50m commissioning the largest speciality par bake manufacturing plant in the USA and expanding the sales team for the region The La Brea business has over 500 employees.

A number of projects which included - (1) Integration of sales and distribution of three businesses (Cuisine De France, Delice De France and Pierres) in Northern Ireland.(2) On the due diligence team that bought Hiestand and (3) New production facility in Grange Castle for Cuisine De France.

Factory manager at one of the Irish Pride production facilities in Ballinrobe. Factory is a high volume production facility with 64 employees and operating 7 days (24 hrs).

Project management of large contracts from design to handover. Projects involved the installation of Building management systems controlling heating, ventilation, lighting, etc in modern buildings. Project size - £1m.