OUR CLIENTS
Our clients have chosen us for our experience, objectivity and customer orientation. We have worked in 10 cities in 6 countries on 2 continents. Often in green fields situations where there was no precedent. The solutions we have delivered have helped our clients to establish themselves in the digital economy.
CITY OF BRISBANE
Brisbane City Council is the largest city council in the Southern Hemisphere. It presides over a city of 2m people, 120,000 SME's and a budget of $130m. As part of its latest economic development plan, Brisbane recognises the importance of securing a footing in the global digital economy. Digital is a horizontal sector that has the potential to impact on all other areas of economic activity. It was this reason that the city decided to create a digital strategy for the city and appont a Chief Digital Officer. In doing so Brisbane became only the second city in the world to make such an appointment. After a global search, Kieran O'Hea was recruited from Ireland to take up the role. Following the completion of his fixed term contract, Kieran now offers his services as an independent Chief Digital Officer through indoCDO.
TOURISM IRELAND
Tourism Ireland is responsible for marketing the Island of Ireland as a tourist destination around the world. Its efforts are worth an estimated €280m in revenue. It needs to be at the forefront of marketing technology and was one of the early adopters of social media. It also created the first tourist office in Second Life, a 3D virtual world. Tourism Ireland doesn't sell tourism products but is an important referral channel to tourism partners that do. Kieran O'Hea was appointed by Tourism Ireland to lead the development and implementation of its digital strategy. He oversaw the delivery of a global website network of 28 sites in 18 languages. The budget was €2.6m, making it the biggest website project in the country at that time. This led to a doubling of website visits and a 6-fold increase in referrals to tourism industry partners.
THE DIGITAL HUB
Following a competitive process, indoCDO was awarded a contract to conduct a scaling needs analysis of The Digital Hub’s clients as a basis for further enterprise and scaling supports. Through a process of one-to-one interviews and surveys conducted in an open, friendly and confidential manner, Kieran produced an excellent and detailed report that gave the Board and Executive an excellent insight into the needs, views and requirements of The Digital Hub’s clients. During the entire process, I found Kieran to be both very professional and knowledgeable with regards to current and future digital trends and I would have no hesitation in recommending him for any assignment in this and related fields.
Mr Gerry Macken, Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Hub Development Agency.