Success Stories

Philip McGovern & Jane Kelly, Big Mountain Productions - NEPP Participants

Formed in January 2005 and based in both Newry City, Co. Down and Dundalk, Co. Louth, the aim of the company is to develop and deliver high quality programming to Irish and UK broadcasters.

Credits with RTE include: Nighthawks, Thou Shalt Not Kill, Tuesday File, Wednesday Report, Prime Time, Never the Same Again, IFTA winner (Irish Film & Television Award) as series producer of the Irish Arts strand Cursai Ealaine. Documentaries include Doohoma, In the line of fire, School for Scandal, Sean Scully, Death in France – the killing of Trevor O’Keeffe and The Secret Baby Trail. And those for BBC include Turf Wars (BBC 2) and Like a Hurricane – the Alex Higgins story (BBC 2)

www.bigmountainproductions.com

Peter Smyth, Redmere - NEPP Participant

RedMere Technology is a privately-held fabless semiconductor company providing highly innovative communications solutions for mainstream consumer multimedia, PC and storage markets. A participant on the NEPP programme in 2004 Peter says of the programme “My participation on the NEPP Programme was one of the seminal events in Redmere’s early development. It provided a structure and invaluable support network”. Redmere raised over $13.5 million in venture Capital funds in 2007 and have recently left incubation in the RDC’s Millmount Incubation Centre and are now based in Balbriggan.

www.redmere.com

Micheal Armstrong, Armac - NEPP Participant

Armac Systems was founded by C.E.O., Micheál Armstrong, an engineering graduate with over 15 years experience in the aerospace maintenance sector. Armac Systems have developed a proprietary analytical process that allows companies to optimise their spares inventory resulting in substantial savings and also to dramatically increase their fill rates.

Armac's share-holders include its launch customer SR Technics and Enterprise Ireland, the development agency of the Irish government.

Micheál is also a member of Novation’s Advisory Board.

www.armacsystems.com

The Journey from Seed to Growth - An InterTradeIreland Case Study

Peter Larkin, SportTracker

Enterprise Start Programme Participant November 2006
SportTracker was founded by Louth-based businessman Peter Larkin and is now based in Blackthorn Business Park in Dundalk. SportTracker provides books, software and other resources to systematically improve sporting performance. Only a little over 12 months after completing the programme SportTracker has announced the appointments of former GAA president Peter Quinn, as company Chairman, and of two-time All-Ireland winning manager and former Irish team manager, Pete McGrath from County Down, as the company's full-time Technical Director for its family of books and growing product range.