Glendown Marketing Horseware Dundalk, MD Aug 2011 to Nov 2012 Global Marketing ManagerOB1 Agencies & Consultants Ltd
2006 to 2011 Full responsibility and management of P+L4Home Superstores Cork 2003 to 2006 Senior Retail buyer non foodGlendown Marketing Waterford, MI 2000 to 2003 New Product Development Marketing/ ManagerChampion Sports Dublin 1998 to 2000 Head of Merchandise Planningclub 21 group New York, NY 1996 to 1998 Divisional Head of merchandise planning, Women'sLiz Claiborne New York, NY 1995 to 1996 Store PlannerGlendown Marketing Dublin 1992 to 1993 Smart Brothers Store Manager
Education:
College of Marketing & Design 1989 to 1992 Diploma in Retail Marketing Business StudiesTerenure College Dublin 1984 to 1989 Certificate
For early employees with equity stakes in the company like Owen Byrne, the site's first lead engineer, the failure to sell the company was a huge disappointment. Byrne, who left the company in 2007, complained in an interview that he never got to "cash out and go live on the Riviera."