Shane Nolan, Country Manager, Google Ireland has joined the judging panel for the forthcoming Mobile Marketing Awards which will be held on November 7th in the Ballsbridge Hotel.
Shane joined Google in January 2011 and is currently the Country Manager for Ireland, focusing on serving the marketing and advertising needs of the local market. He also leads several of Google’s UK sales teams, working with sectors including entertainment, CPG, auto, healthcare and government. Prior to joining Google, Shane worked in the global IT & Telecommunications industry with Fujitsu, BT and eircom, and also served on the board of Buy4Now, the Irish online retailer. Shane is currently a director of IAB Ireland and also non-executive director of the children’s charity Plan International (Ireland).
The judging panel for the awards now includes David Connor, the chief executive and co-founder of digital agency eightytwenty, Eamon Hession, managing director of Púca, Fintan Lonergan of O2 Media and Jo Rigby of MESH Planning in the UK. The chairman of the judging panel is Scott Seaborn, the executive creative director of the UK mobile marketing specialists XS2. According to the organisers of the Mobile Marketing Awards, a number of other  high profile judges will be appointed over the coming weeks.
The organizers of the Mobile Marketing Awards have also announced that the closing date for entries has been set for October 4th. For more information on the Mobile Marketing Awards visit www.mobilemarketingawards.ie
