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Fri 05 May 2009How Ireland can come out swinging
US technology consultant Gregor Bailar gave KARLIN LILLINGTON a positive assessment of the country’s ability to reinvent its economy
GREGOR BAILAR’S business card lists “treehugger” prominently among his other occupations, but don’t let the tongue-in-cheek job description fool you. Yes, he has a heartfelt and professional interest in the green agenda and conservation (he is a director of the National Wildlife Federation in the US, and advises on a green data centre project on a Navajo reservation in the States) but he also has sterling technology credentials, with an electrical engineering degree that took him through a range of technical positions.
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