Team
DAVID WHELAN
David Whelan is the founder and CEO of Immersive VR Education and has 14 years software development experience with 7 of those running his own web development studio. David previously worked as Editor and Chief at Virtual Reality Reviewer and is an experienced content writer/reviewer, video editor and audio engineer. He has completed the IT, Web Development in Waterford Institute of Technology and also a New Frontiers entrepreneur development programme in the same university.
You can check one of his interviews about his business decisions here. You can also check his latest talk (February 2018) on ENGAGE here.
RICHARD COOPER
Richard Cooper is the chairman of Immersive VR Education and a chartered accountant with extensive experience as CFO in public markets and e-gaming as well as Merger and Acquisitions. He has completed Kingston University Finance and Accounting in 1982 and got his qualification in 1985. He is also the founder of his own consultancy company RCooper Partners since March 2017.
BARRY DOWNES
Barry Downes is a board member at Immersive VR Education and a managing partner in Suir Valley Ventures a capital fund investing in Immersive VR Education since February 2017. Barry is also the Chairman of the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group a leading international software Research Institute that specialises in AR/VR, AI and communications technologies research and development (R&D). He is a BSc degree on Computer Science from Waterford Institute of Technology and a MBA degree on Business Administration from University College Dublin. He also has completed a programme on Venture Capitals in UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
ALICE GRANT
Alice Grant is a the head of marketing at Immersive VR Education. She had several experiences as a brand manager and customer market strategists for companies like AIB a major retail bank in Ireland and Heineken. She has Bachelor's Degree on Agricultural Science from University College Dublin and a Postgraduate Higher Diploma in Entrepreneurial Studies from the same university.
MATTHEW CLIFFTON
Matthew Cliffton is a the production manager at Immersive VR Education. He has experiences as a game developer and architectural visualizer over 10 years. He has a BSc degree on Computer Science with Game Development, Computer Games and Programming from Letterkenny Institute of Technology.