Barry Plunkett

Barry Plunkett is the founder of Stride, a company that provides event and conference engagements for corporate customers worldwide. Prior to this role, Barry served as the Business Development Director at Press Up Entertainment Group, Co-Founder & Partner at Impact Gumshields, Corporate Sales & Business Development Director at The Dean Hotel, Creative Director at The Liquor Rooms, and Co-Founder & Commercial Director at Origin Fitness. Barry also founded Universal Entertainments, specializing in marketing licensed trade events to the student and youth market. Barry holds a PhD in Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations and a BsC in Marketing from Technological University Dublin.