McCormack Associates is involved in the provision of Business Training Services, Business Consultancy and the publication of training materials and other business literature.
The practice specialises in helping small and medium sized businesses gain competitive advantage from their existing IT and telecommunications resources and the business has particular expertise in the area of remote working, internet applications and the mentoring of small businesses in e-business techniques.
Academic – Ulster University 1988 – Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing
Professional Membership – Fellowship – Institute of Business Consulting
Chartered Management Institute – UK
By acclamation and service to business development iniatives in Northern Ireland
Employment
BT – British Telecom – British Telecommunications – formerly Post Office Telephones
1972 – 1996;
Sales – Account Management and Sales Management including staff management, management of resources, target setting, sales training and management of reward systems.
Marketing – Strategic Marketing Manager in BT Northern Ireland 1990 to 1996, competitor analysis, development of competitor response strategies, event development and delivery, internal and external communications.
Self Employment
ICT inc E-Commerce – Development of ICT resources, integration of ICT into business strategy, the web as a business resource, small business and the use of ICT for competitive advantage, ICT as a training resource, development of ICT training material, development of web based resource tools, teleworking development and training, member of the E-Work Action Forum appointed by the Irish Government, Software Localisation training development in association with Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS)
Finance – Management and Development of McCormack Associates 1996 to date.
Finance Director Townsend Enterprise Park for three terms – 1992 – 1998
Chair – Townsend Enterprise Park 1998 – 2001
SFEDI accredited Finance Trainer
Business Skills Training – design and development of training courses for LEADER groups and UU Community Leadership Programme
Contractor to Telework Ireland (TWI), Georges Street, Dun LaoghaireTto devise the content and manage the delivery of the EU funded ADAPT programme “Telework Development and Support Systems for Micro Enterprises” – 1998/2000 in association with FÁS which trained 120 participants as home based, self employed, eworking software localisation testers throughout Ireland
Training Course design and development
EU project management – transnational – full partner in EU Leonardo project www.mofit.net
as co-ordinating partner.
Member of Irish Government’ s National Advisory Council on Teleworking (NACT) which reported to Government in 2001
The Institute of Consulting, The Chartered Management Institute, InvestNI, The Management & Leadership Network, The University of Middlesex, Belfast Metropolitan College (formerly Belfast Institute of Further Education), Meath County Enterprise Board, Donegal County Enterprise Board, Monaghan County Enterprise Board and 12 of Northern Ireland’s Local Enterprise Agencies are some of McCormack Associate’s current and recent clients.
Services have also been provided to the recent Invest NI “Start a Business Programme”and are currently provided to Intertrade Ireland’s Tradelinks programme.
Joe McCormack is a
Fellow of the Institute of Consulting
Member of the Independent Consultants and Advisers Group Northern Ireland
Director – Belfast FM Ltd t/a Belfast 89FM
Director – Lagan SSBDAB Ltd
