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Leading US Expert to address Irish Business Community

31 March 2006

DCU Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship welcomes Harvard Professor Dr. Thomas Esselman to Ireland

US business expert Dr. Thomas Esselman will conduct the second Mason Hayes & Curran sponsored masterclass in business innovation at DCU’s Ryan Academy on Thursday 30 March.  According to Dr. Esselman, Founder and former President of Altran Technologies and Harvard Lecturer, the key to business entrepreneurship and ensuing success is through innovation in science and engineering. 

The Visiting Professor Series brings top international business experts to Ireland to deliver masterclasses on a range of topical and relevant global issues affecting entrepreneurship.  Dr. Esselman is also a Lecturer at Harvard University in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science where he developed and teaches a course entitled “Innovation in Engineering and Science”. The course provides a basis for students to learn about the process of innovation and to explore their ability to innovate. 

Altran Technologies is a consulting firm headquartered in Paris. Dr. Esselman is responsible for leveraging technology to extend market penetration, to provide technological awareness and visibility and to develop and maintain relationships with universities.

Commenting on the masterclass, Mason Hayes & Curran Managing Partner, Declan Moylan said, “Mason Hayes & Curran, with the DCU Ryan Academy is delighted that Dr. Esselman can participate in the masterclass series. Entrepreneurship and innovation in business is vital and the calibre of international Visiting Professors in this series will provide a fascinating insight for the business community in Ireland.  It is hoped that the Visiting Professors will inspire new thinking and new approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation”. 

Future masterclasses by international experts in the series will include Professor Joe Lassiter of Harvard Business School and Professor Dennis Shaughnessey from Northeastern University.