Kate Rhatigan

Experience

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  Julien De Smedt (JDS) Architects

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2009

  Architect

  • Key team member and designer for a 6,200 m2 social affordable housing scheme located outside Paris, working with a €10 m budget in collaboration with the Office of Metropolitan Architecture master plan. Worked to tight deadlines and design restrictions.• Solved building scheme design by making over 50 foam scale models.• Developed detailed drawings that complied with French regulations and reported daily updates to company director.

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  Duignan Dooley Architects Ltd.

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2009

  Architect

  • Managed a design proposal for client for a 28 unit apartment complex in Cabra, D7 worth €3 m, which was accepted by client. • Successfully awarded planning permission for a 50 m2 retail shop extension in Rathgar, D6

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  Heneghan Peng Architects

  Oct 2009 - Mar 2012

  Architect

  • Proposed and evaluated design strategies to company directors for the University of Greenwich School of Architecture, Construction and library, London a 16,000 m2 building with a £76 m budget. Ability to manage complex project briefs (world heritage site, multi-stakeholder interests), problem solve and offer solutions to design difficulties and constraints.• Key member of 5-person team to deliver contractual project stage written reports and presentations to client & regulatory bodies (eg. Georgian trust, Friends of Greenwich).• Created visuals for presentations and reports including graphics & concept diagrams • Contractual report writing and presentation production, coordinated drawings for building tender package worth £45 m. • Successfully organized and implemented a public consultation with key strategic outcomes, critical to the project timeline and budget, achieving public and stakeholder project endorsement. Show less

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  Trinity College Dublin

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Full time MBA

  Concentrations in Marketing Strategy, Management & Organisation, Accounting, Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurship. Week long Negotiation skills workshops in Leuven, Belgium • Developed a market entry strategy & strategic roadmap for one of the top 5, €4.5m revenue Irish Dairy companies to take it international, used industry and competitor research, interviewed industry professionals and used financial modeling to select strategy with greatest potential and set out short, medium and long term goals & steps.• Lead & directed teamwork & projects, provided presentation & report direction, experienced in working with different leadership styles and managed people with different cultural backgrounds (American, Chinese & Indian).• Created a growth strategy for a €3 m revenue Irish wholesale furniture company to increase sales to €12 m in 5 years, with clear achievable steps, which the client will act on. Show less

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  Salesforce.com

  Nov 2013 - Jun 2015

  Solution Engineer for the UK SMB market at Salesforce, the Innovative CRM Market leader. Worked as a pre-sales customer consultant, delivering enterprise business solutions through customised Sales, Service, Community, Marketing and Platform demonstrations - a critical member of the team to show business value and closed deals ranging from $10-60k.Liaised closely with Account Executive Managers and helped my team of 14 Account Executives close sales, beat competition and hit their quarterly & yearly targets - primarily focused on acquiring new business.Engaged in discovery phone calls, taking a deep dive into customers business processes and pains and provided unique metric driven demonstrations customised to show the value of Salesforce by increasing productivity, pipeline visibility, accurate forecasting and building custom mobile apps to solve their problems. Show less

  • Solution Engineer

    Feb 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Associate Solution Engineer

    Nov 2013 - Feb 2014
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  Winterbrook

  Sept 2014 - now

  Director

  Winterbrook are home builders with an in house construction team -presently completing a renovated conversion to residential brownfield site in Dun Laoghaire & a number of schemes in the planning pipeline. Recently completed schemes are Harbour Road, Dalkey (94 apartments),Sika Woods, Enniskerry (44 homes), Westminster Woods, Foxrock (23 homes).

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  Winterbrook

  Jun 2015 - now

  Project Director

  Family led ambitious property development company benefiting from over 40 years experience. I act as in-house architect for site feasibility studies, project management and everything in between.

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  Irish Home Builders Association

  Jun 2023 - now

  Committee Member Irish Home Builders Association