Tech Start Meet-Up September 2017
Tech Start Meet-Up September 2017
Tech Start
Date: Monday 25 September 2017
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Venue: Level 5, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, 18 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ
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Speaker: Seonhaid MacDonald and Elvis Nonso Nweke
Website: uofg-tech-start-meetup-sept2017.eventbrite.com
This month our speakers are:
SEONHAID MACDONALD
Seonaidh was, until late 2016, the CEO of mLED Ltd, a world leader in micro-displays for Augmented & Virtual Reality products. In 2016 he led mLED to a hugely successful trade sale to Facebook, delivering a double digit exit multiple. He is Vice Chairman of The Lennox Partnership, a Social Enterprise organisation.
With over 25 years of international executive management experience in IBM, Babcock Marine Clyde Ltd., and elsewhere, Seonaidh is a street smart, goal-driven senior executive and entrepreneur, with an outstanding record of maximising growth within the most competitive of international environments.
Seonaidh will share his experience of leading mLED - a University of Strathclyde spinout company to an amazing acquisition.
ELVIS NONSO NWEKE
Elvis is a recent graduate of the University of Glasgow. He's Founder and Director of Recruitment for StaffToday - a web-based platform that brings employers with short-term and last minute job vacancies together with people looking for casual work. He's building his product and building his company.
We'll hear what inspired Elvis to start his own business, about his aspirations for his budding company, and what he's learned so far as an entrepreneur. Elvis also works as a User Experience Specialist for Occulus VR.