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Ina O'Murchu is an occasional contributor to socialmedia.net. She will be speaking at Ignite the West this Friday, September 10th, and at Bizcamp Galway the next day.

Could you tell us about your background (where you're from, what you've done)?

I’m originally from Galway City. I grew up here but spent some time in London and Dublin. I’ve worked in the technology sector for fifteen years, and I have worked in the Social Web space this past seven.

What was your route into social media?

A degree in chemistry started it all off. I was twenty-two and had just bought .net magazine. I had to select a final year project as part of my course that summer. Always interested in new things, I applied to design the chemistry department’s website as my final year project. The more time I spent on the Web during that year, the more I realised the huge impact the Web was going to have on society, and the more and more I got into it. I abandoned my chemistry skills and ended up working in tech. After a number of years working I went back to retrain, and I completed a Master's degree at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) in NUI Galway.

Darragh Doyle is the communications manager of boards.ie. He is a self-confessed internet enthusiast with extensive experience in online community building. He has a blog called This Is What I Do and you can find him on Twitter at @darraghdoyle.

I have given Darragh the briefest of introductions because as you can see he has an awful lot to say for himself.

1. Could you tell us about your background (where you're from, what you've done)?

I'm from a Kilkenny village called Graiguenamanagh which, in many ways more than I sometimes care to admit, has defined who I am and how I react to things. I've lived in a variety of places and haven't lost my fascination with people and how they interact with each other or the world around them.

As well as being an advocate of 3D technology through his work organising 3Dcamp in Ireland James Corbett is also a prime mover in the Limerick business community; participating in such events as bizcamp Limerick and Open Coffee Limerick.

1. Could you tell us about your background (where you're from, what you've done)?

I'm from rural Co. Limerick and qualified from the University of Limerick in 1995 with a degree in Computer Engineering and Grad. Dip. in Marketing. I went on to work with Apple Computer, Motorola and Analog Devices before starting my first company in 2002 which was an online sports forum. More recently I co-founded Daynuv which which develops virtual world applications for education and training. We received seed funding from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland to focus on applications for children with physical and intellectual disabilities.

Over the last 13 years, Mark has worked with major corporations such as Dell, Airtricity, Trinity Biotech and Johnson & Johnson. Mark is one of the founding organisers and speakers at Bizcamp Limerick. He is also a member of Engineers Ireland (IEI), the Irish Internet Association (IIA) and the MBA Association of Ireland (MBAAI). Mark is also a guest lecturer in the University of Limerick, Ireland, in entrepreneurship and marketing, with a focus on social networks and social media. Mark is also a co-founder of Social Bits, an Ireland-based consultancy firm specialising in the application of social media and Semantic Web technologies. You can follow him on Twitter at @markcahill.

1. Could you tell us about your background (where you're from, what you've done)?

My background is in engineering and information technology. I have a BEng in Computer Engineering, and I have always had an interest in anything computer related. I worked with Dell for over 11 years before leaving to work for myself. Before leaving Dell, I commenced my Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) which I completed in 2008.