Small Business Q&A: Kevin Giblin from Mercyhurst College Ireland

In this week’s Q&A Kehlan talks to Kevin Giblin from Mercyhurst College Ireland in Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Kevin has worked with the FBI and Nato and heads the Global Intelligence Forum, taking place on July 12-16 in Dungarvan.

Kevin, what is the Global Intelligence Forum?

Well, my background comes from being at the FBI and in the 1990s a former colleague of mine approached the Mercyhurst College in the US to suggest that they introduce learning in strategic analysis. Then after the September 11 attacks, countries and security services in America and around the world realised that they needed to have people who could disseminate and analyse data. So Mercyhurst was the only real college that was able to produce people with very specific skill sets to fill that need. We grew this forum in order further engage with intelligence and policing organisations. It gives a platform for open discussion on the demands of intelligence and data analysis.