The highly anticipated Women in STEM Awards 2023 celebrate and recognise the incredible achievements and innovations of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in Ireland, with the Midlands region celebrating as four women from the Ericsson Athlone team have been named as finalists in the upcoming awards.

These awards shine a light on the women who are breaking barriers, pushing boundaries, and making a significant impact in their fields. Among the esteemed finalists, Ericsson Athlone has emerged as a stand-out contender, with an impressive four finalists from their Athlone team, confirming their dedication to diversity, innovation, and leadership in STEM.

Ericsson's nominations span diverse categories, reflecting their continued work to promote gender balance, and highlight the opportunities of careers in STEM to women and girls across the Midlands region.

Role Model of the Year: Sinéad Pillion

Women in STEM Award for Engineering: Noreen Muldoon

STEM Graduate of the Year: Andrea Tesarova

Rising Star of the Year: Natallia Patsykalnik

The Women in STEM Awards have become a leading event in the STEM community, showcasing some of Ireland's leading companies and organisations that are creating diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces that allow every employee to thrive, regardless of their background.

The awards are driven by the belief that when companies and organisations embrace diversity and inclusivity, they foster a culture of innovation and creativity, and provide the necessary support for women in STEM to reach their full potential.

Commenting on the nominations, Sinéad Pillion, Head of Programs & Operations for Network Management Engineering at Ericsson, and Chair of the Midlands ICT Cluster said, "It is an honour to be named as one of this year's finalists, along with my three colleagues, in the Women in STEM Awards, and it's a testament to Ericsson's ongoing commitment to advancing gender diversity, technological innovation, and leadership within our industry.

"Through our INFUSE (Investing in Future Software Engineers) program at Ericsson Athlone, we are committed to investing in STEM through a range of initiatives that focus on creating enthusiasm around software engineering, with the aim of motivating more female students to consider a career in technology and software engineering. Across the Midlands region, there are so many inspiring programmes offered by members of the Midlands ICT Cluster and aimed at increasing female STEM participation, and we are delighted to support the ongoing work that is ensuring a bright future for women in STEM across the region."

The Women in STEM Awards 2023 will be hosted on October 26th 2023, at a prestigious event in the Round Room at the Mansion House, Dublin. The event promises to be an inspiring evening, celebrating achievements, fostering networking, and encouraging future leaders in STEM. For more information about the event, please visit/

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After a long time of quietly working behind the scenes the team are ready to discuss, what is Marsbase today?

MarsBase - the first aggregator of web3 secondary markets!

It's like Amazon for web3 assets, but better.

Facilitating trading of RWA (retail, derivative, debts), locked assets(SAFE/SAFT), options, illiquid tokens.

Building an open, legal, and secure market for all asset types and investors in the web3 crypto space.

Aggregation of big data on the Secondary Market. SaaS API.

AI matching: Use ML algorithms to match buy and sell side.

Marsbase pivot first aggregator of web3 secondary markets

We started from scratch in February and here is our traction:

650+ B2B clients

$450M+ published OTC deals

21 OTC agents

Successful deals $8M+

Tier-1,2 project 60+

Our next goal is a global release and capturing the RWA market.

We just recently held a release of the web platform and showed how it will work from the end of this week.

Web platform release event with special guest LayerZero!

Backers and partnerships: Innmind, Crypto executives, Swissborg Capital, and more. We can't talk publicly about partners and commitments to date, but we've become very good friends with 1icnh.io, the cryptorank.io founder responded to our idea and offered to host information from us on secondary markets on his platform. We received an enthusiastic feedback in working with LayerZero.

Now we have reached a commit with Zerion Wallet about the possibility of placing their shares on the platform and agreed on cross-promo (we want to integrate their wallet as a preferred wallet). We also got a commit from Anna (Cointelegraph Ventures) and once we reach the right number of deals, we will get $300k from them for marketing.

Techstars recognizes Marsbase as a top web3 startup to watch in 2023

Fundraise: Equity + warrant | Seed round: 10% equity + token warrant | Raise amount: $2.1M | $475k done

Bullet points:

Market demand exceeds supply, but the whole market is very fragmented and there is no single aggregator.

Real traction, not just promises

Clear financial model and scalability to unicorn

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Our needs:

Networking and Access: We are actively seeking connections with tier-1 and tier-2 funds and projects.

Fundraising Support: Our primary goal is to secure a lead investor who can help us activate our existing commitments and close our funding round successfully.

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CWSI, Ireland's most experienced mobile and cloud security specialist, has announced that it has successfully delivered a cybersecurity solution for leading payroll software company, Bright. Bright's award-winning solution, BrightPay, is used to pay 3.5M employees every month and this number is continuing to grow.

Headquartered in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, BrightPay serves small to medium businesses, accountants, bureaus, and sole traders throughout Ireland and the UK. As the company grew, it identified a significant increase in the number of malicious activities on its endpoints and needed to ensure that its data was as secure as possible.

As more and more cyberattacks become automated, the most effective way to combat this is with automated cybersecurity. CWSI implemented SentinelOne's Autonomous Endpoint Protection, which uses static and behavioural AI together with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities to protect its customers, while also saving them time.

The new cybersecurity solution was seamlessly rolled out across 200 devices. It has relieved stress and pressure on Bright's internal IT team and given them peace of mind that they have a highly secure environment when dealing with sensitive information every day. Prior to partnering with CWSI, Bright had multiple issues with its cybersecurity software, including slow operating times, poor interface, and false positives blocking legitimate users, which was taking the IT team away from their day-to-day core operations.

CWSI engaged with Bright to identify its cybersecurity goals, listen to its unique requirements and find the best fit for Bright's EDR objectives.

Alan Kelly, IT Manager, Bright Software Group, said: "Cybersecurity is massively important to us. It is a fundamental part of our business to make sure that we're secure, not only for our staff but for our customers as well. We were looking for a solution provider we could trust and CWSI felt like a perfect match right from the start.

"Our objectives and ambitions at Bright are to continue to grow and innovate. To do that we need the right partners and products, and we are confident that we have found both with CWSI."

Aimee Hall, Customer Success Manager, CWSI, said: "Bright is such an exciting company, and BrightPay such a fantastic solution, and we are excited to be partnering with them to ensure the company can continue to scale at pace, unencumbered by fears around the safety and security of it and its customers' data.

"Providing that peace of mind and removing those barriers is what we want to do for all of our customers, and to create a situation for them where they are free to achieve their goals."

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The Western Development Commission (WDC) today announced the commencement of the DIBEST (Digital Innovation in the Blue Economy to Support Tourism along the Wild Atlantic Way) project. Following an initial partner meeting in the RDI Hub, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, the project is now underway.

Funded by a European Regional Development Fund grant exceeding two million euros, the project will enhance the digital capabilities of the blue economy and social tourism sector in Ireland's Atlantic Area and beyond over the next three years.

New funding to help Coastal Tourism along the Wild Atlantic Way

Announcing the new project, Ian Brannigan, WDC's Head of Regional Development said:

"The West Coast of Ireland is one of the maritime treasures on Europe's Atlantic seaboard. Enabling our SMEs to grow the associated marine tourism sector through the identification and adoption of best-in-class digital technologies is at the core of the DIBEST project. This aligns with the Western Development Commission's strategic aim to connect our unique regional offerings - in terms of communities, coastline, and experiences - with global visitors. As such, the Western Development Commission is excited to work with national and international partners in bringing this initiative to fruition."

Tourism micro-SMEs (small/medium enterprises) have long been the backbone of the Atlantic Area's economy and culture, offering a diverse range of services from accommodation and food to tours and entertainment. However, the digital age has shifted the business landscape, often favouring larger enterprises.

For example, consider a tour operator without an online booking system, who relies solely on phone bookings. Such businesses are potentially losing out on customers to more digitally advanced providers who offer online booking capabilities. DIBEST aims to target this type of micro-SME and assist them in levelling the playing field.

Drawing from insights gained from the Tourism 4.0 project, micro-SMEs have highlighted booking systems, revenue management software, and CRM solutions as the most crucial technological tools for their operations. Looking ahead, the most relevant technologies for future implementation are related to online sales, followed by data analysis, automation, and cybersecurity. DIBEST aims to address these specific needs, enhancing the digital competitiveness, market access, and environmental sustainability of Atlantic Area tourism micro-SMEs.

Over the course of DIBEST, a digital toolkit will be created, as well as a comprehensive training programme that emphasizes shared learning, mentoring, and business matchmaking on digital transformation, innovation, and technologies. While the specifics of the toolkit are yet to be confirmed and will be shaped by initial scoping and training needs analysis, the project aims to create a holistic approach to digital empowerment. This aligns with WDC's ongoing campaign, 'Local Living, Global Opportunities,' positioning the western region of Ireland as a prime location for both sustainable and digitally advanced tourism.

The project is backed by a diverse consortium from Ireland, France, Portugal, and Spain. It will engage academic institutions, public bodies, and private organisations. These partner regions share economic and tourism characteristics with Ireland's Atlantic Area, fostering a mutually beneficial collaborative environment.

Liam Cronin, CEO of the RDI Hub, a not-for-profit Public Private Partnership comprised of Fexco, Kerry County Council, and Munster Technological University, welcomed the projects commencement saying:

"RDI Hub is delighted to lead with the Western Development Commission the DIBEST project supporting a network of Blue Economy microenterprises, using a triple helix model of business partner-higher education institution-tourism federation across Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal.

RDI Hub is excited to support tourism microenterprises in the Atlantic coastal region in adopting d...

Guest post by Richard Vague, who is the author of new book The Paradox of Debt, he is an investor and entrepreneur.

In developed economies, increased government debt increases household wealth. That's what most economists aren't telling us. Government money does not disappear when it is spent. Instead, it largely goes into the accounts of households, directly through salaries and other payments and indirectly through the salaries of those who work for vendors of the government.

What Economists Aren't Telling Us About Debt

As testimony to this, during the three years of the pandemic, 2020 to 2022, UK government debt increased by £602 billion, but UK household wealth increased by a much greater amount, an estimated £1.7 trillion. That increase came from government spending and payments to households, plus the increase in the value of stocks and real estate that came from the flood of increased pandemic-era government debt and spending.

In total, household wealth in the UK, at £12.6 trillion, towers over the £2.5 trillion in government debt, and households own much of that UK government debt as an asset.

There's a similar story in the US. There has been a massive global boom in the growth of debt since roughly 1980. Since that moment, in the US specifically, total debt - government, business, and household debt combined - has climbed from 134 percent of GDP to 272 percent. But during that exact period, household wealth has climbed from 340 percent to a whopping 574 percent of GDP, the greatest period of increased household wealth in world history.

Household wealth has increased because government spending ends up in household accounts, and because the money unleashed by this debt-fueled spending pushes up the value of real estate and stocks, which are the primary components of household wealth.

But doesn't excessive government debt cause inflation?

No. For developed economies, there is no compelling evidence that it does. There was no inflation in major Western economies after the massive government debt growth that followed the Global Financial Crisis, nor in Japan after the massive government debt growth that followed its 1998 crisis.

The notorious 1970s bout of inflation was largely a function of the ten-fold increase in the price of oil to $39 a barrel which came with the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the Iranian Revolution in 1979. This inflation was vanquished not by high interest rates, as many believe, but by US domestic oil price deregulation, which drove North American oil production from 12.2 million barrels per day in the late 1970s to 15.3 million barrels per day by 1984, and brought the price of oil to $12 per barrel by 1986 - sending inflation tumbling to 2 percent.

Policymakers and business leaders should look through the misconceptions surrounding government debt and recognize that its growth can bring household wealth and does not lead to inflation. There is room for a strategic increase in key areas of the government budgets, and there are any number of areas that are ripe with opportunity and could readily boost economic growth - from worker training to green energy and infrastructure spending and more.

Developed countries should look to take advantage of that opportunity.

The Paradox of Debt - A New Path to Prosperity Without Crisis by Richard Vague is out now.

Author Biography: Richard Vague is the author of new book The Paradox of Debt, he is an investor and entrepreneur. He has served as the Secretary of Banking and Securities for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and co-founded two US banks - First USA, which was sold to Bank One and Juniper, which was sold to Barclays.

More about the book

When we talk about debt and its impact on our economy, we almost always mean "government debt." However, this is only a small part of the picture: individuals, private firms, and households owe trillions, and these private debts are vital to understanding the economy. In this iconoclastic book, Richard Vague examines the as...

Galvia, the Galway-based AI startup is pleased to announce that their client, the University of Galway has been nominated for a prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Award in the category of "Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year." The ceremony will take place on December 7th at the ACC centre in Liverpool, UK.

The University of Galway is the only Irish University nominated in this category and the recognition comes in honour of the groundbreaking collaboration between the University's Student Services team and Galvia, resulting in the development of Cara, an AI-powered student engagement platform that is revolutionising student support services.

Facing unprecedented challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of Galway sought an innovative solution to address an overstretched Student Services team which would provide 24/7 responsive support to students, and break down data silos within the organisation. The collaboration with Galvia led to the creation of Cara, an AI-powered virtual assistant for students, available 24/7 on the web and WhatsApp.

To date, Cara has responded to 30,000 student queries, with an impressive 91% being resolved instantly.

Director of Student Services at the University of Galway, John Hannon, expressed his enthusiasm for the nomination, stating, "We are honoured to be recognised by THE for our commitment to technological innovation and student support. Cara represents a transformative leap forward in higher education, enabling us to provide exceptional support to our students while optimising our resources."

This innovative partnership positions the University at the forefront of technological advancement in higher education.

John Clancy, CEO of Galvia AI, emphasised the technological advancements underpinning Cara, saying, "Our AI platform leverages cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices to deliver scalable AI solutions. We are proud to partner with the University of Galway in reshaping the future of student support services."

Making further strides in the Education space, Galvia has joined a partnership with Cognizant, the renowned provider of information technology, consulting, and business process services, to extend Galvia's AI-powered infrastructure services and automation to the UK higher education market. Most recently, Galvia streamlined and expedited the curriculum authoring for Cambridge University, School of Mathematics, ultimately achieving unprecedented levels of efficiency.

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We look at the new book by Allison Walsh, She Believed She Could: Show Up, Shine Bright, and Achieve Abundant Success. See more about it here.

She Believed She Could: Show Up, Shine Bright, and Achieve Abundant Success, reviewed

The author Allison Walsh has an impressive personal story which may help to inspire some young female readers in particular. Not for the first time we have heard Atomic Habits referred to as a source of inspiration. So too for this author too. You could say this is her spin on those thoughts and insights, it is clearly becoming a generation influencing book.

Will this book fare as well? This book might do particularly well among those who are already fans of her work and following her across other platforms. For those who know less about her, there are lots of good insights, the challenge may be how this book differentiates itself from other ones out there. It is a crowded market and lots of people are offering advice, it is all pretty good, but how do you ensure that this is the book that someone picks up from the bookshop, either physical or digital?

We are nudging some of our younger, female reviewers to have a look at this book, some though are already following their preferred influencers via other platforms, and also possess copies of Atomic Habits too. A tough market perhaps these days to be aiming to inform and inspire.

More about the book

Find deeper fulfillment and success in your life and work

In She Believed She Could, expert business consultant, international speaker and podcaster Allison Walsh delivers a practical and hands-on guide to evolving into the person you want to be. Allison draws from her expertise in positive psychology, the science of happiness, wellbeing, and success, pouring her wisdom and advice into every story, strategy, and suggestion. You'll learn actionable tools to elevate your mindset, enhance your confidence and create a clear success plan for your future.

In the book, you'll find:

Strategies and frameworks that will help you show up, shine bright and create abundant success

Ways to give yourself permission to thrive, flourish, and optimize your potential - every single day

How to tame your inner critic and overcome imposter syndrome

How to leverage your personal brand and enhance your earning potential and opportunities

An essential resource for seasoned executives and new professionals alike, She Believed She Could will also earn a place in the libraries of entrepreneurs, founders, creators, freelancers, and anyone else who seeks a happier, more empowered, and successful life.

More about the author

ALLISON WALSH, JD

Allison Walsh is an expert business consultant, founder, bestselling author, international speaker, influential leader, and Miss Florida 2006. With over 15 years of experience in organizational leadership, success coaching, brand building, and business development, Allison's platform strengthens the professional development of today and tomorrow's most successful leaders. As a certified positive psychology coach, her passion and expertise lie in helping women build their personal brands and businesses so they can live their most authentic and successful life.

Recognized by MM+M's National 40 Under 40, the Orlando Business Journal's 2021 Top 40 Under 40, and Women Who Mean Business, Allison is a two-time CEO for successful coaching companies, managing personal and professional development for more than 250 clients nationwide.

Allison also served as Vice President of Business Development and Branding for Advanced Recovery Systems (ARS), a national provider and industry leader in behavioral healthcare. She was instrumental in developing worldwide brand recognition for the company and oversaw the organization's national sales team since its inception.

In 2022, Allison accepted the opportunity to lead business development and partnership efforts for Charlie Health, a new mental health startup focused on adolescent and young adult mental health. Allison i...

Expleo, a global technology, engineering and consulting service provider, has unveiled ExpleoProtectUS, a world-first anti-smishing solution that alerts banking customers to fraudulent text messages. The software is being launched as part of a new security feature within the Permanent TSB mobile banking app, 'PTSB Protect', which helps to prevent customers from falling victim to fraudulent scams.

Smishing - phishing-style scams that are carried out via SMS - has become commonplace for banking customers today. Retail banks, along with global law enforcement, have warned banking customers to be on high alert as fraudsters contact customers via SMS, tricking them into thinking they are being contacted by a trustworthy source - such as their bank - before extracting sensitive account information from them. Recent figures from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI) found that incidents of payment fraud and scams cost Irish consumers €85m last year, an increase of 8.8% compared with 2021.

Permanent TSB has introduced 'PTSB Protect', a new feature to its banking app which will help to prevent customers from falling victim to fraudulent scams. It has integrated ExpleoProtectUS with its mobile banking app as it continues to roll out a series of measures and technology solutions to protect customers from fraudsters. The solution will inform the customer when it has detected a fraudulent SMS and take appropriate countermeasures.

ExpleoProtectUS is a world-first that can be integrated with any bank's mobile app and works on both iOS and Android operating systems. The software uses AI and intelligent systems to determine when a customer has received a text message containing a fraudulent link. Customers must consent to the software checking their text messages, however, no information is captured or shared by the bank or Expleo.

Phil Codd, Managing Director, Expleo Ireland, said:

"As a global leader in technology solutions which solve today's business challenges, we have a responsibility to ensure that what we do is not only good for businesses but good for society too. ExpleoProtectUS originated with this belief in mind at our first Hackathon and has been developed to provide a simple solution to a global problem. The team immediately saw its societal value; to protect the most vulnerable members of society, who are typically older and less tech-savvy."

Peter Vance, Chief Operating Officer Permanent TSB, added:

"Attempts to defraud customers through criminal activity has increased significantly over the last number of years. Our own research suggests that 75% of Irish consumers have experienced an attempt of fraud with 27% falling victim to it. With scams getting more sophisticated, consumers need to continue to be on their guard at all times. By introducing PTSB Protect as a new line of defence to our mobile app, we can now directly identify the source of this activity and help protect our customers before their accounts can become compromised. Financial fraud is a significant threat and it is often being targeted at groups that may think they are less vulnerable, so we're delighted to partner with Expleo Ireland on this world-first anti-smishing solution"

Developed for the banking industry, ExpleoProtectUS can also be to protect customers and end users across the financial services, insurance, retail and government/public services sectors.

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By Yasmin Underwood, defence consultant and member of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP)

The defence industry refers to AI as "a family of general-purpose technologies, which may enable machines to perform tasks normally requiring human or biological intelligence". However, there is no legal or statutory definition of AI. Instead, it is often defined by reference to the combination of two key characteristics:

1. Adaptivity - being "trained" and operating via inferring patterns and connections in data which are not easily discernible to humans; and

2. Autonomy - making decisions without the express intent or ongoing control of a human.

AI and the law in the defence industry

There is unease about AI in defence. The rise in the use of autonomous/unmanned vehicles (commonly known as drones) in both military and commercial settings, has been accompanied by heated debate as to how legislation is going to be able to keep up with such rapid advances in technology, and the ethical implications of their use in a military setting.

Pinning down accountability

Who should be held accountable when/if something goes wrong with AI technology? The developer? The owner of the technology? The end user?

Unfortunately, the nature of most modern AI systems (layers of interconnected nodes that are designed to process and transform data in a hierarchical manner) prevents anyone from establishing the exact reasoning behind a system's predictions or decisions. This makes it almost impossible to assign legal responsibility, in the event of an accident or errors caused by the system.

There is the risk that delegation of tasks or decisions to AI systems could lead to a 'responsibility gap' between systems that make decisions or recommendations, and the human operators responsible for them. I have found that often the military response regarding who is to be held accountable in these scenarios, is that it will always fall on the commanding officer.

Attributing blame up or down the chain does not simplify this legal and moral complexity, and in the absence of clear legislation it is difficult to hold organisations responsible for the actions of their AI systems. Crimes may go unpunished, and we may even find that eventually the entire structure of the laws of war, along with their deterrent value, will be significantly weakened if law makers cannot come to an agreement on some kind of universal legislation.

Bias and discrimination

Although the media might have you believing otherwise, we are nowhere near a world where AI is thinking and making decisions completely of its own accord. The reality is, that AI systems are only as good as the data they are trained on, and while machine learning offers the ability to create incredibly powerful AI tools, it is not immune to bad data or human tampering.

Whether that's flawed or incomplete training data, limitations with technology, or simply usage by bad actors. It is all too easy to embed unconscious biases into decision-making, and without legislation addressing how these biases can be mitigated or avoided, there is a risk that AI systems will perpetuate discrimination or unequal treatment.

To try to alleviate these issues, industry experts have been considering the possibility of an 'ethics by design' approach to developing AI. Could legal responsibility be moved up the chain to the developer? Should there be rules of development as well as rules of engagement?

Of course, this approach would bring with it yet more new obstacles for the legal profession. Though one would hope that in comparison to the previous complexities of establishing causal links where AI is involved, these obstacles should be much easier to navigate.

With proper universal regulations and ethical principles in place for tech companies to follow when developing new systems, the path of causation should be significantly more straightforward, allowing lawyers to establish clear accountability.

Where do we go from here?

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We look at the new book by Allison Walsh, She Believed She Could: Show Up, Shine Bright, and Achieve Abundant Success. See more about it here.

She Believed She Could: Show Up, Shine Bright, and Achieve Abundant Success, reviewed

The author Allison Walsh has an impressive personal story which may help to inspire some young female readers in particular. Not for the first time we have heard Atomic Habits referred to as a source of inspiration. So too for this author too. You could say this is her spin on those thoughts and insights, it is clearly becoming a generation influencing book.

Will this book fare as well? This book might do particularly well among those who are already fans of her work and following her across other platforms. For those who know less about her, there are lots of good insights, the challenge may be how this book differentiates itself from other ones out there. It is a crowded market and lots of people are offering advice, it is all pretty good, but how do you ensure that this is the book that someone picks up from the bookshop, either physical or digital?

We are nudging some of our younger, female reviewers to have a look at this book, some though are already following their preferred influencers via other platforms, and also possess copies of Atomic Habits too. A tough market perhaps these days to be aiming to inform and inspire.

More about the book

Find deeper fulfillment and success in your life and work

In She Believed She Could, expert business consultant, international speaker and podcaster Allison Walsh delivers a practical and hands-on guide to evolving into the person you want to be. Allison draws from her expertise in positive psychology, the science of happiness, wellbeing, and success, pouring her wisdom and advice into every story, strategy, and suggestion. You'll learn actionable tools to elevate your mindset, enhance your confidence and create a clear success plan for your future.

In the book, you'll find:

Strategies and frameworks that will help you show up, shine bright and create abundant success

Ways to give yourself permission to thrive, flourish, and optimize your potential - every single day

How to tame your inner critic and overcome imposter syndrome

How to leverage your personal brand and enhance your earning potential and opportunities

An essential resource for seasoned executives and new professionals alike, She Believed She Could will also earn a place in the libraries of entrepreneurs, founders, creators, freelancers, and anyone else who seeks a happier, more empowered, and successful life.

More about the author

ALLISON WALSH, JD

Allison Walsh is an expert business consultant, founder, bestselling author, international speaker, influential leader, and Miss Florida 2006. With over 15 years of experience in organizational leadership, success coaching, brand building, and business development, Allison's platform strengthens the professional development of today and tomorrow's most successful leaders. As a certified positive psychology coach, her passion and expertise lie in helping women build their personal brands and businesses so they can live their most authentic and successful life.

Recognized by MM+M's National 40 Under 40, the Orlando Business Journal's 2021 Top 40 Under 40, and Women Who Mean Business, Allison is a two-time CEO for successful coaching companies, managing personal and professional development for more than 250 clients nationwide.

Allison also served as Vice President of Business Development and Branding for Advanced Recovery Systems (ARS), a national provider and industry leader in behavioral healthcare. She was instrumental in developing worldwide brand recognition for the company and oversaw the organization's national sales team since its inception.

In 2022, Allison accepted the opportunity to lead business development and partnership efforts for Charlie Health, a new mental health startup focused on adolescent and young adult mental health. Allison i...