IPAG Partners
Nathan Warnock - Creative Nation
Since graduating from Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design in 1995, Nathan has achieved an exceptional level of design experience on a diversity of projects for many blue chip clients, including: AIB Bank, Bank of Ireland, Bord Gáis, Epson, GE Capital, Guinness Ireland Group, International Data Group (IDG), Irish Distillers, O2, PJ Carroll, Reebok, and Waterford Crystal.
Nathan worked in Dublin for five years before moving to London in 2000, to take up the position of Creative Director with a leading UK design firm. In May 2003, he returned to Dublin to join an up and coming design studio with the remit of raising the standard of creative output and developing their offering to that of a full service design consultancy. Following on from two years of successful design business development, Nathan founded Creative Nation in 2005, and has worked in partnership with IPAG over the last 3 years.
Brendan Whelan - Hypermatix
Brendan is an engineering graduate of Trinity College Dublin with a postgraduate MSc in Computer Science and 12 years experience in the IT sector designing and developing software applications. Brendan's software applications have involved a broad variety of tools and platforms, including: Delphi, Visual Basic, C#, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Oracle, and SQL Server.
His experience has been at all levels of the software development process: requirements analysis, architecture, database & user interface design, programming, project management, and managing the software development department of a leading eCommerce consultancy. The projects have varied from small single desktop applications, to client-server and multi-tier applications, to internet banking solutions, and bespoke applications to support the day-to-day business processes of SMEs and multi-national corporations.
Lynda Shepherd - Colouring Box
Lynda holds an Honours Degree in Interactive Multimedia and a Diploma with Distinction from Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design. On graduating in 1995, she joined one of Dublin's leading multimedia consultancies, specialising in interactive solutions for the Irish cultural sector.
Lynda has unrivalled experience in projects for the telecommunications, IT and finance sectors, as well as being responsible for a number of entertainment, leisure and educational websites. She has successfully completed projects for: AIB Bank, An Post, The Chester Beatty Library, The Commission for Public Service Appointments, Dublin City University (DCU), Dulux, eircom, Guinness, The Irish Times, Kilkenny Design Centre, Lifestyle Sports, Trinity College Dublin, and Warner Music.
She established Colouring Box in 2003 as an online portfolio of her work and later developed it into a successful creative consultancy in its own right. Lynda has been providing design services for IPAG for over 5 years.
