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Paul Lawther
Head of OneCom NI
Paul is a driven and dynamic leader
with a determination to succeed. For
such a young man he has a formidable
track record of success in senior
management and there are few people
in the technology/telecoms sectors
who don’t know him. Now at OneCom,
Paul has been given the responsibility
and autonomy to develop a Northern
Ireland subsidiary of the UK’s largest
independent telecoms provider. Paul
has risen to the challenge, recruiting a
dedicated and professional team in his
own image and leading them to
exceptional first year results. Paul
leads from the front and works
tirelessly to provide clients and
colleagues the support that they
require to achieve their own individual
objectives and, in doing so, creating
effective collaborative partnerships. It
speaks volumes for Paul’s efforts that
OneCom are already seen as an
established player in Northern Ireland
winning a number of flagship clients as
quickly as they have.
Gareth Loye
M&M Contrcators, CEO
M&M Contractors is a firm providing
turnkey electrical and
telecommunication infrastructures.
After completing a degree in
Construction, Engineering and
Management, Gareth joined the family
business in 2003. After nearly a
decade climbing the ranks, 2012 saw
Gareth promoted to CEO. Under his
leadership, M&M Contractors has
successfully evolved from a regional
specialist contractor to an
international principal contractor,
with operations spanning the UK, RoI,
USA, Canada and mainland Europe.
Gareth’s latest venture saw him
acquire failing firm Mascott
Construction in 2016 and incorporate
it into the M&M group, in turn
enabling M&M to boast the most
comprehensive service portfolio in the
industry for a firm under £100m.
@Mascott_NI
Gareth McAlister
Nimbus, Managing Director
With the aim of bringing Corporate
Technology to Small Businesses, in
2010 Gareth McAlister turned his back
on a successful career with one of the
world’s leading IT companies to set up
his own IT services business, Nimbus.
In eight years Gareth has went from a
sole trader with a handful of local
businesses, working from his parents’
attic, to a team of 12 with a large
portfolio of customers throughout NI,
GB & ROI, operating from his own
premises at Heron Wharf, Belfast.
Career highlights have included
providing IT support to the BBC Sports
Personality of the Year Awards when
they were in Belfast in 2015 and
receiving outstanding feedback from
International Tier 1 Banks on Nimbus
supported networks. Gareth has built a
team which prides itself on providing
innovative IT solutions for SMEs.
@nimbus_cs
Ryan McCavigan
Interface, Product Development
Manager
Ryan McCavigan has been an employee
of Interface for over 12 years. He has
moved from a position on the factory
floor to New Product Development
Manager in 2014. In this role, Ryan is
taking and shaping decisions which
have a direct impact upon the
organisation. He has been responsible
for the development of over 100
products, including ‘Composure’ –
Interface’s biggest selling product in
every global market that the company
operates in. Ryan has a drive to
innovate, challenge and question
existing procedures and work as part
of a global team to deliver creative and
efficient solutions. Ryan has been
afforded enormous opportunities by
Interface to work internationally and
at the highest levels of the company.
Outside of work, Ryan enjoys spending
time with his young family and likes to
watch and play sports.
@InterfaceInc
John McGuckian
Tughans, Partner
John has extensive experience in the
Corporate legal sector, particularly in
the areas of mergers and acquisitions,
private equity/venture capital
investments and general company law,
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