Seamus Cody is a Senior Management Consultant with over thirty years experience in small and large manufacturing industries, including US and Japanese multinational corporations and the Irish Public Service.

He has broad ‘cross function’ management experience in strategic and commercial activities, and has managed in an environment of constant change, growth, acquisition and downsizing.

His experience includes:

Sixteen years Management Consultancy working confidentially and successfully with SME's in the following businesses; Architecture, Artists, Arts Centre, Beauticians, Builders, Cafes, Crafts, Crèches, Child Playcentres, Montessori School, Community Groups, Electrical Contracting, Fashion, Food Manufacture, Formal Dress Hire, Furniture Design, Guided Coach Tours, Hairdressing, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Language Teaching, Life & Pensions, Menswear, Motor Vehicle-Repairs-Sales, Pharmaceuticals, Printing, Private Jet Hire, Restaurants, Recruitment, Security, Telecommunications, Telesales, Tour Operating, Window Blinds, Window Cleaning, Web Design etc.

Preparing Business Plans which receive Government Grant Aid, Lottery Funding, Enterprise Boards Funding, First Step Microfinance and / or Bank of Ireland business Start-Up loans.

Ten years as Technical & Quality Director of the European Imaging Division of DATAPRODUCTS-HITACHI from 1987 to 1997. This division had a turnover of  US$36 Million and employed 180 people. His  direct  reports were the Engineering Manager and the Quality Managers of both the Dublin and Portuguese manufacturing plants, with a total staff of fifteen Design & Quality Engineers, Technicians and inspectors.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ¨   All aspects of manufacturing business including Design, (R+D=Research & Development ) Production (WCM=World Class Manufacturing ) Process Control (SPC=Statistical Process Control ), Purchasing, Costing, Quality Control / Assurance (TQM=Total Quality Management incl ISO 9000 and ASTM ), Personnel Selection, Training-Development and Technical Sales & Marketing.

Traveled extensively in Europe, USA, South Africa and Japan and played a major role in securing OEM ( original equipment manufacturers ) contracts with IBM, DIGITAL, ICL, HEWLETT PACKARD ( hp ) LEXMARK, PHILLIPS, SIEMENS/ NIXDORF and WANG.
 
Experimental Officer with the Institute for Industrial Research & Standards (IIRS) - ENTERPRISE IRELAND for five years providing technical consultancy to Irish industry in the field of paint, ink and surface coatings technology.

Company Chemist with KEMOGRAPH INDUSTRIES for five years, including six months technical training with Columbia International Corporation USA in computer printing technology.

The management of the “Design and Development” of a wide range of products from the initial design stage through to final production release and customer approval.

Managed International Quality Standard ISO 9002 ( Implementation and certification ) for both Irish and Portuguese manufacturing plants.

Managed the implementation of an Environmental Management System for DATAPRODUCTS—HITACHI  to obtain certification to the International Environmental Standard ISO 14001.

Four years “Research & Development” with LOCTITE in adhesives and sealants.