Seamus McKenna
Author | Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland |
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As a Civil Engineer he was involved in harbour development, the building of a natural gas platform, and many large construction projects. He obtained an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin in 1996, after which his career went international.
He returned to Ireland to play a part in the Celtic Tiger years of financial and investment excess, whe.... more
As a Civil Engineer he was involved in harbour development, the building of a natural gas platform, and many large construction projects. He obtained an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin in 1996, after which his career went international.
He returned to Ireland to play a part in the Celtic Tiger years of financial and investment excess, when he became involved in construction and property development. This all came crashing down when the global financial crisis of 2008 – 2010 hit. THE MAKER’S NAME, while a work of fiction, takes inspiration from his career experiences.
He is the author of the Omicron Forex Trading Manual, a best-selling treatment of algorithmic Foreign Exchange trading. His letters and articles, on a wide range of topics, have been published in the Irish Times and in other publications over many years.
In 2023 he was awarded a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing by Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland.
On 21st July 2024 he broadcast his short-form piece “Chickens, Hurling and a Famous Bootmaker” on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany programme (New writing for radio).
