Biography

 

Conor Cunneen

 

 

 

Conor Cunneen is an Irishman, happily exiled in Naperville, Illinois, where he says the Guinness is drinkable (thankfully), and he is only 30 minutes from Chicago’s O’Hare airport.

An acclaimed speaker on Strategy, Marketing, Leadership and Motivation, his speaking style has been likened to “James Joyce meets Tom Peters.” See testimonials here.   

He is author Why Ireland Never Invaded America – An Insightful Unique Look at Corporate Strategy which has been described by Sir Anthony (Tony) O’Reilly, former Chairman / CEO Heinz as:

 “(A)n enchanting mélange of good business sense wrapped in a mixture of Irish situation comedy and straightforward whimsy.”

Conor is an award winning humorist and a recent winner of the coveted Chicago Toastmasters Humorous Speaker of the Year title. His winning speech was “Customer Service in San Quentin Jail.” Listen to it here.

Conor uses powerful evocative imagery and an impish sense of humor in his keynotes. Combine this with well-researched customized content and you have powerful, compelling keynotes which are demanding of action.

Recent engagements outside the United States include Helsinki, Finland: Glasgow, Scotland: Cork, Ireland: London, England: Edinburgh, Scotland: Birmingham, England.

He has been published over forty times in USA, Ireland, Australia, UK.

Conor is a regular co-host on JobTalk, a Chicago local radio station and is a board member of the Community Career Center at Naperville.

In his other job, Conor Cunneen is President of GROW Foodservice Profit, a Naperville, Illinois based consultancy he founded which promises to do just that – GROW Foodservice Profit – for its clients through Strategy, High Performance and Commonsense. The business has a particular expertise in providing knowledge and content about the U.S. marketplace to interested parties based outside the U.S.
Prior to founding GROW Foodservice Profit, he was VP Marketing, Unilever Bestfoods Foodservice USA, a position he took after spending two years as Marketing Director Bestfoods UK. Prior to his UK appointment, Conor was General Manager, Bestfoods Foodservice Ireland.

Phone Conor at 630 718 1643