INNOVATION INTERMEDIARIES

IRconsult
IRconsult creative strategies aims to be the innovation intermediary of choice in R&D2B and B2B markets between system integrators and sources of emerging technologies, particularly in the following segments:

Sensing

Environmental & Sustainability

Process control and understanding

Materials and coatings

Mobility

Microfluidics

ABOUT

Since 1996, IRconsult has undertaken over 150 innovation-related projects with a wide range of partners (70+) based in 13 countries. These include:
• start-ups and spin-offs
• management buy-outs
• family owned private companies and SMEs
• economic development agencies and related consulting firms
• institutes and universities
• quoted (FT, SX, Fortune 500) industrial companies

Success Factors
The key success factors in these projects have been:
• critical door opening skills
• “fast on our feet” orientation
• detection of early phase technology adopters
• market breakthroughs based on experience
• judgement and opportunism
• positioning of the clients’ offering through opportune use of creative strategies

ACTIVITIES

IRconsult creative strategies-Shiels (“IRconsult”) is an industrial innovation intermediary. Positioned between R&D and industry, we are classic door openers who identify, engage and leverage with target specifiers and decision makers in technology transfer situations. Typical cases include:

Platform

Re-positioning of existing technologies for new applications.

Product

Managing the “productizing” process from concept through development of technology platforms to recurring revenue-generating products

Competence

Market breakthroughs for emerging technologies and start-ups

Concept

Technology sourcing for large acquisitive firms

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EVENTS

PCH Meetings 2020

PCH Meetings 2020

March 24th & 25th 2020 Espace tête d'Or, Lyon, France http://www.pchmeetings.com/fr/

Salon Pharmacosmetch

Salon Pharmacosmetch

April 2nd 2020 Parc des expositions de Chartres, Avenue Jean Mermoz, 28000 Chartres, France https://www.pharmacosmetech.com/

NEWS

The Swiss need to work longer

The Swiss need to work longer

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It’s budgeting season again – challenges and priorities for 2019

It’s budgeting season again – challenges and priorities for 2019

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It's that time of year again. Summer vacation is over. Every business acquisition professional is thinking about Budget Cycle 2019. Too many spreadsheets. Unrealistic targets [...]

Japan considers re-introducing daylight savings time – with challenges

Japan considers re-introducing daylight savings time – with challenges

2018-08-09T09:01:50+00:00 August 9th, 2018|

After more than 60 years, the Japanese authorities are considering the introduction of daylight saving time during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as a [...]

Stand off in the Brazilian coffee market – a foretaste for other food based commodities?

Stand off in the Brazilian coffee market – a foretaste for other food based commodities?

2018-08-09T09:08:14+00:00 August 6th, 2018|

Brazilian coffee producers have a record crop on their hands this year of somewhere between 58 and 65 million bags. So with supply soaring higher [...]

EU-US trade negotiations: another example of Trump’s Game Theory – but where does this leave UK?

EU-US trade negotiations: another example of Trump’s Game Theory – but where does this leave UK?

2018-08-09T09:29:20+00:00 July 26th, 2018|

Donald Trump's approach to negotiations is becoming ever more predictably unpredictable - verbally attack or even abuse partners, use the time during the ensuing chaos [...]

May’s Brexit Speech: A holding operation which was politically important, but still lacking clarity…

May’s Brexit Speech: A holding operation which was politically important, but still lacking clarity…

semantic 2018-08-09T09:09:41+00:00 August 19th, 2016|

There is no doubt that this morning's speech by the British Prime Minister was the most significant yet of her premiership. A lot of predictable [...]

UK Supreme Court Ruling – a tale of 2 Triggers?

UK Supreme Court Ruling – a tale of 2 Triggers?

semantic 2018-07-10T12:20:38+00:00 July 20th, 2016|

The decision of the UK Supreme Court that the UK government cannot trigger the Article 50 process of Britain's exit from the EU without a [...]

Those uncontrollable aspects of B2B marketing – what customers want

Those uncontrollable aspects of B2B marketing – what customers want

semantic 2018-07-10T08:13:13+00:00 July 9th, 2016|

B2B marketing specialists often make the mistake of focusing on the active components, i.e., those aspects of the process that they can control, which include [...]

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David Shiels

David Shiels (Irish/Swiss, born London, 1956) graduated with an accounting and economics degree (1977) and an MBA (1983) from University College Dublin, completing a dissertation with distinction on Organizational Buyer Behavior in the Irish Electronics Industry. After working in foreign direct investment with IDA Ireland, David Shiels worked in marketing management and business development in computer media, semiconductor, sensing and display technologies. From 1991 to 1996, he was the first Head of Marketing at CSEM, commercializing intellectual property and leading the early stages Xemics start-up which is now part of Xemtech, a Nasdaq RF integrated circuit company.

In 1996, David Shiels founded IRconsult Creative Strategies, specializing in early stage marketing strategies for emerging technologies; he has worked with more than 30 start-ups, in 8 of which he was either a founder or seed investor. He has in-depth knowledge of Nordic and US innovation ecosystems, having advised various technology innovation organisations on internationalisation and clustering strategies.