EventMAP optimises growth plans with £1.6m investment

This month’s big news is that EventMAP is investing over £1.6million and creating 20 new jobs as part of an ambitious growth strategy.

‍Investment plans include £140,000 of additional support towards the creation of the new positions from our local enterprise development agency, Invest Northern Ireland, who realise the value that EventMAP can bring to their client organisations, and consequently the Northern Irish economy. Invest NI have also offered EventMAP technical assistance, skills development and support for R&D over several years.

As a Queen’s University and University of Nottingham spin-out, our focus is on the development and application of software products and services that allow resource modelling and scenario planning for organisations. Our applications allow clients to optimise their estate and resource management to realise significant annual financial savings.

EventMAP’s customisable cloud-based platform, OPTIME (which was developed with the help of Invest NI’s R&D support) is currently used across a variety of sectors, with clients including Airbus, BAE Systems, C4, Kings College Hospital, Metropolitan Police London, Cambridge University and Stranmillis University College.

From left: Kevin Holland, Invest NI with Dr Paul McMullan, CTO and Dr Barry McCollum, CEO, co-founders of EventMAP. Image: Invest NI

Dr Barry McCollum, CEO and co-founder, said: “Now, more than ever, organisations need to be able to efficiently and effectively resource and optimise their business activity to achieve successful outputs, and continue to thrive. Our company vision is to become a recognised leader in the global planning and management software sector; the 20 new jobs will be vital in helping us to achieve this.”

‍Dr Paul McMullan, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder, added: “Invest NI’s ongoing support has been invaluable. Its R&D support has helped us to develop our core product offering that is currently succeeding across the United Kingdom and a number of key markets worldwide. This recent assistance to grow our headcount will allow us to take our products and services to new markets with an expert team and to grow our global presence further.”

‍Kevin Holland, Invest NI’s CEO, also said: “EventMAP is an ambitious company that we have worked with closely since 2013 offering financial support along with strategic, expert business advice to help it reach its full potential. I am delighted that the company is thriving and building up its team with 20 new jobs. These jobs will generate over £700,000 in additional annual salaries for the local economy, while also bringing new export opportunities, to help place the company on the global map.”

‍Our recruitment is underway with jobs in programming, along with a range of managerial roles across quality processes, marketing, R&D development and digital marketing. Because of the current pandemic, all of our employees are currently working from home, our new employees will be on-boarded remotely and will also work from home.

Invest NI’s R&D support is part financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the EU Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme 2014–2020 and demonstrates a high level of confidence in our products, strategy and business trajectory.

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