Who & Why We Are?
We never set out to be big - we set out to make it easier for businesses like yours to get online and to grow financially on The Information Superhighway (thats the Internet for you younger readers).
Our core team is based in the West of Ireland - our entire team is a global one numbering 10 in total. Our preferred tech/design fields are in e-commerce and logo/brand design.
As an offshoot of these we also offer Digital Marketing Strategy, Social Strategy, SEO, (Search Engine Optimisation), and PPC, (pay-per-click/Google ads), services.
CEO / Art Direction / Player-Manager
I dont know where tech is brining us but I love it - so much so that our recently formed Limited Company is rightly named “Ar Aghaidh Linn Teo.” (“On We Go”in Irish)
Paul Cotter
A Commerce graduate with over 30 years’ experience (self-taught) in all areas of design I have worked in print and web both in Ireland and in the U.S. over the last three decades.
I have a huge love of electronic music too and had quite a colourful DJ career in the not so distant past. I find the two arts overlap in many ways and each one inspires the other.
As a college student studying business I found myself mostly in nightclubs and obsessed with collecting club posters and flyers - little did I know it but that was the beginning of my love for design.
On leaving college I proceeded to put my newly earned (business) degree to pretty much no use whatsoever. I decided, (along with my equally inappropriately qualified pal), to publish a free entertainment magazine. I had never designed anything in my life prior to this - much to the dismay of our printer who only realised this the day before our first issue.
He taught me quickly, (on an original Macintosh), turns out I learn pretty fast. These were the days of halftones when even one “jpg” would crash the computer if I tried to print it. The learning curve was steep enough, the nights were long, the pints were good and we were full of youthful confidence.
The magazine folded 3 years later.
I moved on and worked in various magazines and newspapers over the next 5 years in San Francisco before returning home to Galway. Since then I’ve worked for all kinds of clients from the entertainment industry originally to just about every other sector. Designing logos, magazines, newspapers and collateral for print was where it began. Over the past 20 years web design has become an equal focus with clients ranging from the president of Ireland to Vodafone and more.
CTO / Web Builder / Coder / Server Guy
I was a navy sniper who once (oops!) shot a chicken from a mile away. So, if you need a website or design with pinpoint accuracy (chicken-friendly, I promise), I'm your guy.
Mahmoud Sobhani
I'm a Shiraz-born, Birmingham-educated, chicken-accidentally-sniping, web-developing, graphic-designing wizard.
By day, I'm a web development guru and graphic design maestro, weaving digital dreams with the finesse of a code-crafting Picasso. My journey in the mystical realms of Computer Science and Architecture began at Birmingham City University, where I mastered the art of turning coffee into code and blueprints into breathtaking realities.
With a Master's in Computer Science, I can debug with my eyes closed (but I don't, because, well, coffee spills). And with an MA in Architecture, I'm equally adept at constructing digital empires as I am at appreciating the fine lines of a Gothic cathedral.
But wait, there's more! Before I became the tech whisperer, I was a sharp-eyed sniper in the navy. Legend has it, I once shot a chicken from a mile away – by mistake, of course. The chicken, now a part of folklore, is remembered as the fastest clucker in the east.
So, if you need a website that's more responsive than a startled chicken, or graphics that hit the mark (chicken not included), I'm your guy. I blend creativity with precision, just like my espresso, and I'm always ready for the next challenge – as long as it's not poultry-related.
Logo King / Branding / e-Commerce
In the early days, my artistic skills were as raw as a pebble on a riverbank, but through an epic montage of caffeine-fueled nights and design epiphanies, I honed my craft.
Stephen Jennings
Once upon a time, in a small village called Belcarra, nestled between rolling hills and babbling brooks, there lived a young and spirited graphic design maverick named Stephen Jennings.
The village, though quaint, held a charm that mirrored the blossoming creativity within my heart. My journey through the design world had its humble beginnings at the Limerick School of Art and Design, where I earned my battle scars and emerged with a BA Honours Degree in Graphic Design Communications.
In those early days, my artistic skills were as raw as a pebble on a riverbank, but through an epic montage of caffeine-fueled nights and design epiphanies, I honed my craft. Fast forward to the present, and I have transformed into a pixel-wielding storyteller, armed with a passion for turning concepts into visual legends.
Now, as a designer on a quest to create stories through my work, I have delved into crafting brands, shaping identities, and navigating the mystical realms of UX/UI design bringing concepts into reality. Little did I know that my journey would extend far beyond the borders of the small village of Belcarra, as destiny beckoned me to join forces with Bad Dog spreading my creative storytelling around the world.