Ivan has over 20 years’ experience within the hotel, visitor attraction and hospitality sector with 14 of those years in the role of general manager. His last position was with Shannon Heritage, Irelands largest commercial visitor attraction operator where he oversaw Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and King John’s Castle and spearheaded many new projects. He graduated from the University of Limerick with an MBA in January 2019 and has since emergered as an entrepreneur setting up Great Visitor Experiences, a travel tech company which focuses on content management, visitor mapping, storytelling and data analytics for visitor attractions and museums. His company recently won a “Best Innovation” Award, “Best Start-up” Award and “Content Management Company of the year 2020 and again in 2021”.