Q&A: Dave Smyth from Cogs and Marvel

In this week’s column, Kehlan Kirwan talks with Dave Smyth from Cogs and Marvel, an Irish events company. Formerly Green Light Events, the business has rebranded and opened up a new office in San Francisco

What do you do at Cogs and Marvel?

We used to be called Green Light and just last week we re-branded to Cogs and Marvel. The company was set up about 10 years ago by Jane Gallagher and Roisin Callahan. Essentially in its early days, it was an events company, very corporate stuff like conferences and on a very large scale as well. Our first big job was for Google around 2006/07 when we ran their European Sales Conference in Seville. I think that gave Jane and Roisin the confidence to grow the business and hire more people. In the last 10 years the company has essentially grown up alongside the technology industry in Ireland. We now work with most of the global technology companies that call Ireland home. We went from purely conferences and events to much more creative brand experiences for staff, for customers, and for consumers.