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

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Innovation is Open – but in name only

Innovation is Open – but in name only

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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.