Ken Wright
New Frontiers Award Winners
By Ken Wright
6, May 2013 - 13:59

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny being welcomed to the GMIT Innovation Centre by Jim Fennell Head of GMIT Mayo Campus and Des Mahon Chairman GMIT. Photo © Ken Wright Photography 2013.

TruckScience start up is runner up in New Frontiers Awards in.GMIT GMIT Innovation Centre ‘New Frontiers’ awards runner up Sorcha.O’Grady, of TruckScience Ltd, receiving her award from An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, L to R: Jim Fennell, Head of GMIT Mayo campus, Des Mahon, Chairman of GMIT Governing Body, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Sorcha O’Grady and Tony O’Kelly Manager GMIT Innovation Centre New Frontiers Programme. Sarah’s start up, TruckScience, is a cloud-based software solution, usable by non-engineers. It identifies the correct configuration of truck for their customer, vis à vis axle weight distribution, fuel consumption and costing. New Frontiers is funded by Enterprise Ireland. GMIT was one of the first Institutes of Technology approved to run the programme in 2013, which aims to create more new high potential start-ups businesses in the west. To date, outputs include 12 new businesses created since early 2012, 38 jobs, nine new products on the market, eight have revenue from.sales with great sales pipelines, seven have revenue from export sales,.six have won prestigious company awards and two have already attracted.equity investment. Photo © Ken Wright Photography 2013.

GMIT_INNovation_Awards_APR_8319.jpg Pictured in the GMIT Innovation Centre An Taoiseach Enda Kenny chatting to Sorcha O’Grady and Jens Hellberg (Truck science Ltd) New Frontiers Programme Business Start Up award runner up. Photo © Ken Wright Photography 2013.

Pictured in the GMIT Innovation Centre Stan Kuznetsov, (Dial 4 Help) chatting to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Photo © Ken Wright Photography 2013.

New Frontiers Award winners congratulated by Taoiseach Enda.Kenny GMIT Innovation Centre ‘New Frontiers’ start-up awards winners.pictured with Tony O’Kelly (left), Manager, GMIT Innovation Centre New.Frontiers Programme and An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, L to R: Alma Curley.(CGA Software Ltd), Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Padraig Neylon (Trazoo) and.Sorcha O’Grady (TruckScience Ltd). New Frontiers is funded by Enterprise Ireland. GMIT was one of the first Institutes of Technology approved to run the rogramme in 2013, which aims to create more new high potential start-ups businesses in the.west. To date, outputs include 12 new businesses created since early.2012, 38 jobs, nine new products on the market, eight have revenue from.sales with great sales pipelines, seven have revenue from export sales,.six have won prestigious company awards and two have already attracted.equity investment. Photo © Ken Wright Photography 2013.

GMIT Innovation Centre ‘New Frontiers’ participant Trazoo wins best ‘start-up’ award Padraig Neylon, founder of new start up company Trazoo, receiving his.award from An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, L to R: Jim Fennell, Head of GMIT.Mayo campus, Des Mahon, Chairman of GMIT Governing Body, Taoiseach Enda.Kenny, winner Padraig Neylon and Tony O’Kelly, Manager, GMIT.Innovation Centre New Frontiers Programme. Padraig’s new business,.Trazoo, is an online platform where hotels bid against each other to.secure a group’s accommodation business. It offers a structured and.time saving approach to gathering group deals and packages from multiple.hotels for a group organiser or travel agent. His €10,000 award was.sponsored by KPMG. New Frontiers is funded by Enterprise Ireland. GMIT was one of the first Institutes of Technology approved to run the programme in 2013,.which aims to create more new high potential start-ups businesses in the.west. To date, outputs include 12 new businesses created since early.2012, 38 jobs, nine new products on the market, eight have revenue from.sales with great sales pipelines, seven have revenue from export sales,.six have won prestigious company awards and two have already attracted.equity investment.Photo © Ken Wright Photography 2013.