Mr. Barry Connellan, is the Founder and Managing Director of Franchise Development Solutions International-FDSI – a wholly Irish owned, 21st Century Boutique Franchise Consultancy & Marketing firm.
Barry began his early career as a stock broker after earning his BA in Business Management, Business Economics and E-Commerce from Dublin Business School. Having come from an entrepreneurial family, he has always been a keen numbers and business man so investment banking, equity trading and wealth management was a great place to begin his working carreer. From there, Barry developed a deep skill set and passion for providing managed technology solutions and services to help businesses grow in Ireland and internationally, such as he did for many years in the field of Telecoms and Contact Centre Applications with several Enterprise Business Development and Consultancy roles.
Presentation Title: Technology & Innovation in Franchising
Synopsis: I will discuss and review Franchise Relationship Management Solutions, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality in franchising, Social Media Compliance for franchise brands, Chat Bots/Conversational Intelligence Applications, Behavioral Science for franchise investor qualification, Messaging Applications for Lead Generation & Instagram for Business.
