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Business Profile

INNOVATE BUSINESS

TECHNOLOGY

Last year, INNOVATE Board, Kirby Engineering Group, measure the business outcomes.
celebrated a seminal moment in and Barnardos among others. Jim is quick to point out that
their 12-year history, by moving “Moving to our new offices at “technology has the potential to
its southeast headquarters to Innovation house is a physical transform organisations in ways
Innovation House at the M11 representation of our commitment you cannot even imagine, and we
Business Hub in Gorey. It to our people at INNOVATE, know how to unlock the value of
was a significant event for and to our community,” said Jim ICT to enable you to succeed.”
INNOVATE’s co-founders. Hughes. He continues, “Through our
In 2005, Jim Hughes (Chief Jim explains, “At INNOVATE, partnership approach, we
Executive Officer) and Enda we have a keen focus on how evaluate our clients’ current ICT
Cahill (Chief Technical Officer) digital transformation can environment and recommend
joined forces with a vision drive commercial outcomes how and which cloud technologies
to carve out a niche in the for our clients. While our and ICT solutions will offer
Irish market: Transforming core competencies are substantial operational gains or
technology to power fundamentally rooted in IT solve existing headaches. We
organisations for growth.
and Telecommunications, it is make world-class IT affordable
INNOVATE design, deliver and our commercial understanding through our ‘as-a-service’
manage secure cloud-based IT and of how technology can drive business model that packages
communications environments to organisational strategy that all IT infrastructure, cloud and
create IT enabled organisations. differentiates us in the market.” managed service investment into
one single monthly operating
With a growing workforce of over There are many definitions of
40 people, INNOVATE is set to digital transformation. In a cost.”
continue their growth in 2018. business sense, it defines how In 2015, INNOVATE grabbed
INNOVATE’s list of customers an organisation can enhance or national media attention when
is impressive. Clients include transform its commercial model they struck a deal with Wexford
private, public and not for profit using technology. In doing so it GAA to rename the county sports
organisations such as Glanbia plc, can gain a competitive advantage, grounds ‘INNOVATE Wexford
Lifestyle Sports, Campus Oil, greater financial outcomes and Park’. It was one of the first deals
DCC plc, the Irish Greyhound improved customer experiences of its kind in Ireland and the
while simultaneously improving partnership was a perfect fit for
‘‘ Wexford’s people, It depends on strong INNOVATE. We sealed a string
INNOVATE.
business processes and increasing
organisational capacity.
“2017 was a sterling year for
leadership, alignment
of high-profile national contracts,
between ICT and
we added world-class executives
to our dynamic team, and we
the business, and
location and reputation
moved to our new home at
the ability to
meet world-class standards.
out our place at a national level
yet remaining true to our roots in
If you’re looking to build a Innovation House. We’re carving
north Wexford,” Jim reveals.
business on character and For Jim, there are numerous
reasons for basing a business in
values, choose Wexford. Wexford: “Wexford’s people,
location and reputation meet
You won’t regret it. ’’ world-class standards. If you’re
looking to build a business on

Wexford. You won’t regret it”.
Jim Hughes, CEO, Innovate character and values, choose

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