Management

At Portlaoise Enterprise Centre, we know you need help and guidance throughout the life of your start-up business and beyond. A committed, experienced team is on hand to handle every query from funding and business plans to heating and plumbing. Portlaoise Enterprise Centre is managed by John Doris, a Laois native with extensive commercial experience and a solid knowledge of the SME sector in Ireland today. Click on John's name for an idea of his background, experience and qualifications.

John Doris - Business Development Manager

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Employed as Business Development Manager, John is a business graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and also holds an Advanced Diploma in Marketing from the Dublin Institute of Technology and a Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching from the Coach Institute of Ireland. He added a Port-Graduate Diploma in Enterprise Development from Waterford Institute of Technology to his portfolio in 2008.

John has held various marketing and sales positions with technology, communications and software companies in Dublin and more recently has been working in the area of Enterprise Development. He is on the national executive of the National Association of Community Enterprise Centres (NACEC) and is a committee member of the Economic Development Task Group of the Laois County Development Board. Previously, he was a board member of Portarlington Community Development Association (PCDA).

John is also the Business Development Manager of Portarlington Enterprise Centre and has held this position since it opened for business in Novemeber 2005.

To help get your business off the ground click here, fill out the enquiry form and John will be more than happy to talk to you! - Contact John