Jack Stenson

Jack Stenson

London, England, United Kingdom
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Head of Ireland for the global VC and corporate innovation partner Plug and Play. I'm…

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  • Plug and Play Tech Center Graphic

    Plug and Play Tech Center

    London Area, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Greater New York City Area

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London Area, United Kingdom

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    London, England Metropolitan Area

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    London, United Kingdom

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Greater New York City Area

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    London

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    London, United Kingdom

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    London/San Francisco

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Education

  • University of Galway Graphic

    National University of Ireland, Galway

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    Activities and Societies: Member of University Societies Committee of NUIG 2007 -2009 Class Rep MBS Corporate Strategy & People Management 2008 - 2009

    Conducted 8 week long Employee Engagement Project with Medtronic Cardiovascular Ltd.
    - Was one of four to present the results to global execs
    - Strategy has now been implemented to all Medtronic sites in 120 countries

    Conducted project for Beckham Coulter Ltd. on Domestic Growth Strategies and Strategic Fitness and presented to execs.

    Conducted thesis on Market Saturation and Hyper-competition within the Irish Mobile Phone Industry

    On University Societies'…

    Conducted 8 week long Employee Engagement Project with Medtronic Cardiovascular Ltd.
    - Was one of four to present the results to global execs
    - Strategy has now been implemented to all Medtronic sites in 120 countries

    Conducted project for Beckham Coulter Ltd. on Domestic Growth Strategies and Strategic Fitness and presented to execs.

    Conducted thesis on Market Saturation and Hyper-competition within the Irish Mobile Phone Industry

    On University Societies' Committee:
    Co-ordinated Societies' finance requests, event organisation, mediated disputes
    Helped societies in Knowledge Management Systems to better train in new members and encourage consistency

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    Activities and Societies: President of Film Society 2006 - 2007 Head Coach of NUIG Swim Team 2006 -2007 Member of Board of Directors Shark Swimming Club Ltd. 2006 - 2008 Member of University Societies Committee of NUIG 2007 -2009

    President of Film Society:

    Launched new cinema with focus on strong branding - NUIG Student Cinema
    Aggressively expanded cinema from 1 event per week to 4 YOY
    Expanded committee from 5 to 27 YOY and created 5 sub-committees
    Increased YOY Attendance from 280 to 5000
    Increased YOY Revenue 1000%
    Screened 2 World Premieres, Irish Premiere
    Won Numerous Awards - See Awards and Honours Below


    On Board of Shark S.C. Ltd:

    Implemented strategic…

    President of Film Society:

    Launched new cinema with focus on strong branding - NUIG Student Cinema
    Aggressively expanded cinema from 1 event per week to 4 YOY
    Expanded committee from 5 to 27 YOY and created 5 sub-committees
    Increased YOY Attendance from 280 to 5000
    Increased YOY Revenue 1000%
    Screened 2 World Premieres, Irish Premiere
    Won Numerous Awards - See Awards and Honours Below


    On Board of Shark S.C. Ltd:

    Implemented strategic repositioning
    Developed modern advertising campaign
    Built Website
    Built New texting system for contacting members
    Implemented new incentives system to engage club members
    Result - Increase in YOY Revenue (2007 > 2008) of over 200%
    Resigned to focus on Master's Degree

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Volunteer Experience

  • Swimming Teacher

    St Joseph's Special School

    - 4 years 1 month

    Children

    Taught swimming to children with learning and physical disabilities over 4 years. The first year was with St. Joseph's Special School while for all 4 I did this with Shark Swimming Club Ltd.

    Many students returned year on year and a few went on to win medals at major international competitions

Publications

  • My Interview with The Wall Street Journal on Leading AI Innovation

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-an-effort-to-fact-check-live-news-with-speed-and-accuracy-1542988801?

    Behind an Effort to Fact-Check Live News With Speed and Accuracy.

    Voice recognition and artificial intelligence are being paired to point out potential inaccuracies in real time and connect journalists with breaking stories.

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Honors & Awards

  • World Changing Idea Awards - Fast Company

    Fast Company

    Honoured for our efforts to bring in the next age of journalism by scanning live speeches and interviews to do real-time reporter alerting and fact-checking.

  • Top 40 Under 40 Irish in America

    Irish Echo

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