Dublin, Ireland // DCU MINT '29

Marketer. Builder. Operator.

First-year student shipping real work across Ireland, China and the Dublin startup ecosystem. I strategise, build, market and pitch - usually all in the same week.

DCU MINT · 1st Year Fearless Media ICBA Council Hackathon Winner
Cormac Kildea at Fearless Media HQ
[ CORMAC_KILDEA ] DUB · Fearless HQ
Strategise - Build - Market - Pitch - Repeat - Strategise - Build - Market - Pitch - Repeat -
// The Short Version

Does the work,
not just the talk.

First-year Marketing, Innovation & Technology student at DCU - 1st Class Honours, ranked 4th in my year - with international work experience across Ireland, China and Germany. Builder and marketer who competes: multiple hackathon and case-competition placements, capped by a first-place win at the world's first Blockchain × Quantum Hackathon.

Marketing & Content Operations Strategist at Fearless Media and Council Member of the Ireland China Business Association. Loves people, networking - and shipping things end-to-end.

1st
Class Honours @ DCU
4th
Ranked in Year
3
Countries Worked In
10+
Comps, Hacks & Ventures
// The Trophy Shelf

Wins & Ventures

Hackathons, case competitions, scholarships and side ventures - built, pitched, placed or sold.

2nd Place

Lomac

DCU × SDG Hackathon · 2025

A scalable sustainability model - 3PL warehouses grow mycelium packaging in-house for ship-to-order products, cutting emissions across production, storage and distribution.

2nd Place

FAIRG8TE

Superteam Ireland Solana Ideathon · 2025

Solo-built NFT event-ticketing concept on Solana - from ideation through rapid prototyping to a judged pitch.

2nd Place

Deloitte Case Competition

DCU · 2025

Commercial growth strategy for an Irish furniture business, delivered as a structured client presentation to Deloitte judges.

Top 10 Finalist

Liffey Trust Scholarship

Dr. Séamus McDermott · 2026

Selected from a pool of 750+ first-year Business students at DCU - picked for entrepreneurialism and academic excellence.

Finalist

DCU Loop Reflect Awards

University-wide · 2026

Portfolio competition across all disciplines - recognised for creativity and portfolio quality.

Built & Shipped

Habitra

Lovable × Dogpatch Labs Hackathon · 2026

An AI habit tracker that doesn't just track what you do - it connects you to the real world. Five pillars: Goal → Habit → Event → Community → Accountability. Set a goal, Habitra builds the habit and recommends a real event nearby (like Sunday Run Club in the Phoenix Park) - so you show up, meet people and have a reason to keep going.

Built & Shipped

HealthPilot

Claude × Trinity Hackathon · 2026

Team of five, about three hours - an all-in-one AI health app turning sleep, vitals, nutrition and body-composition data into personalised insights. Working app, website and body-fat scanner, demoed on the day.

Built & Shipped

Parallax

Daytona HackSprint · 2026

A game-theory simulation engine - describe any scenario, the system identifies the key actors, assigns each an AI agent and spins up hundreds of isolated environments where they debate to independent conclusions. Ran a working model with 50 agents on a dataset we built ourselves.

Conceived & Pitched

VapeTrace

DCU Hack4Change × Deloitte Hackathon · 2026

A closed-loop vape recycling system - collect disposable vapes, recover the battery materials, feed them back into European battery manufacturing, and put the reclaimed lithium into zero-emission delivery drones flying food, medicine and essentials in minutes.

Top Salesperson

Fields The Jeweller

Christmas 2025

KPI bonus for highest individual branch sales over the Christmas season.

Built & Sold

Social Media Ventures

2021–2024

Scaled multiple niche accounts to 1,000+ followers each - millions of views, hundreds of thousands of engagements - then sold them to creators and brands.

100K+ Streams

Dawnz

Musical Artist · 2021–2023

Built a music brand under an alias - 100,000+ Spotify streams, media coverage and a verified online presence.

// Field Notes

Witnessed

Pictures from winning pitches, hackathons and case competitions around Dublin. Hover to pause.

// The Reps

Experience

Ireland · China · Germany
01

Fearless Media

Marketing & Content Operations Strategist

Content and marketing operations at a social-first creative agency - systems, production support and client work across TikTok, Meta and YouTube.

Jan 2026 - PresentDublin
02

Global Access 2 Product Ltd (GAP)

Sourcing & Admin Assistant

Six years inside the family sourcing business - suppliers, trade admin and fairs from Dublin to the Canton Fair.

2020 - PresentIreland / China / Germany
03

SkyPlanet (HuaHuas)

Brand & Sales Development Assistant

Internships and contract work on the ground in China and Germany - brand and sales development across both markets.

Aug 2025 & Jun 2026China / Germany
04

Ireland China Business Association

Council Member

Supporting Ireland–China trade events, delegations and the business community.

Dec 2025 - PresentDublin
05

Constellation @ Aviva Stadium

Hospitality Assistant

Match-day and event hospitality at Ireland's national stadium.

Jan 2026 - Feb 2026Dublin
06

Fields The Jeweller

Seasonal Sales Consultant

Top salesperson in the branch over Christmas - KPI bonus for highest individual sales.

Nov 2024 - Jan 2025Dublin

Job Simulations

// Inside the big firms, briefly
Goldman SachsRisk · Jan 2026
PwCTechnology Consulting · Feb 2026
DeloitteCyber · Feb 2026
UBS / AmplifyMEBanking Accelerator - M&A · Jan 2026
Red BullOff-Premise Sales · Jan 2026
// 30+ And Counting

Certifications

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Microsoft Excel7
Data Manipulation and Formatting in Excel
Kubicle · Oct 2025
Formulas and Functions in Excel
Kubicle · Oct 2025
Text, Time, and Dates in Excel
Kubicle · Nov 2025
Lookups and Database Functions in Excel
Kubicle · Nov 2025
Pivot Tables in Excel
Kubicle · Dec 2025
Charts in Depth in Excel
Kubicle · Mar 2026
Introducing Statistics in Excel
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Data Visualization & Analytics6
How to Create Executive-Level Data Visualizations
Madecraft · Nov 2025
Building Your First Dashboard in Power BI
Kubicle · Mar 2026
Introduction to Visualizations in Power BI
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Visual Data Thinking in Visualization Fundamentals
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Applying Visual Data Skills in Visualization Fundamentals
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Principles of Statistics in Statistical Analysis
Kubicle · Apr 2026
AI & Technology6
Ethics in the Age of Generative AI
LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Career Essentials in Generative AI
Microsoft & LinkedIn · Jan 2026
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in AI Fundamentals
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Business Applications of AI in AI Fundamentals
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Agentic AI in AI Fundamentals
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Cyber Job Simulation
Deloitte · Feb 2026
Finance, Banking & Economics4
The Data Science of Economics, Banking, and Finance
LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Risk Job Simulation
Goldman Sachs · Jan 2026
Banking Accelerator - Mergers & Acquisitions with UBS
AmplifyME · Jan 2026
Mergers and Acquisitions in Financial Modeling
Kubicle · Apr 2026
Marketing & Sales5
Email Marketing Professional Certificate
Intuit Mailchimp · Nov 2025
Psychology Fundamentals for Marketing and Sales Success
Madecraft · Dec 2025
Asking Great Sales Questions
LinkedIn · Dec 2025
Off-Premise Sales Job Simulation
Red Bull · Jan 2026
Marketing with Canva
Canva · Jan 2026
Communication & Operational6
Public Speaking Skills Professional Certificate
Toastmasters International · Dec 2025
Business Writing Professional Certificate
Grammarly
Customer Service
NB Training · Nov 2025
Manual Handling
NB Training · Nov 2025
Health & Safety, First Aid, Sales Skills, Developing Teamwork
NB Training · 2025
Barista, HACCP & Manual Handling
Dublin Barista School · Feb 2023
// Education

BSc Marketing, Innovation & Technology (MINT)

Dublin City University · Expected 2029
1st Class Honours Ranked 4th in Year First Year
// Skills & Interests
Pitching & public speaking Video production & editing Content strategy & short-form social AI tools & agentic workflows Rapid prototyping & shipping MVPs Analytics & client reporting International networking
Entrepreneurship Tech & AI Dublin startup ecosystem Hackathons Ireland–China trade Fitness & running Guitar