Case Study – Marcon Communications Ltd
Alan Berry, managing director of
Marcon Computations, an
environmental consultancy and
software development company based
in Galway, says:
“FUSION has been extremely
influential in driving our aquiculture
business forward and creating a
range of new opportunities for us.
“Our FUSION graduate, Tomasz Dabrowski, had just completed a PHD in Computation and Numerical Modelling when he started with us. He was the most qualified candidate and his background made him the perfect match to complete our project.
“The project we wanted to develop was a computer desktop programme that demonstrates and assesses how the water quality in different areas changes and how these changes affect shellfish production. There is currently no product in the market like this.
“It allows clients to select, on a map,
areas of a lough and discover the best
areas for growing shellfish. Tomasz
has been so good that we have
actually now offered him a permanent
job with us.”
As well as having Tomasz, FUSION also partnered the company with Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Marine Resources & Mariculture (C-Mar). This partnership has proved to be an invaluable resource.
Alan says: “C-Mar was able to offer
us numerous years experience in the
aquiculture environment. While
Marcon’s background is
predominantly engineering, C-Mar’s
lies in marine biology. We benefited
greatly from their knowledge and
resources and by linking the two
areas of expertise we had the perfect
combination to develop our product.
“While the software is still in the
development stage, a number of
parties such as the Irish Fishery
Board and Aquicultural co-ops in the
area have shown great interest in it
as a weapon to optimise their
shellfish production.
“I would definitely recommend FUSION to other companies. It is an extremely
well managed, professional
programme and we have seen very
positive results. The software that
has been developed as a result of the
programme has offered us a number
of new business opportunities.”
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