A woman whose life was turned upside down by her daughter's rare genetic condition has described how it led her to create a business to help others in the same position.
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A blueprint for Derry’s tech scene
Mary McKenna, left, pictured at an exhibition with Jennifer McNeff and Leann Monk from locally-based Elemental Software.
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Mary McKenna is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor based in the North West. She co-founded successful online learning company Learning Pool in Derry in 2006. Today, she works extensively with start-ups and scaling tech companies. She is one of the co-founders of cross-border social enterprise and female founder community AwakenHub and she is part of the EU’s flagship EIC Accelerator innovation team.
A few weeks ago Digital DNA’s Simon Bailie asked me to write a short piece about Derry for DDNA’s 100 Top Tech Companies in NI report.