Who We Are
Marketing & Public Relations 
Deirdre Waldron founded Fuzion in 2000 and oversees all the PR clients in Fuzion.
Deirdre is a PR and Marketing Professional with over 20 years industry experience in the UK and Ireland in a variety of sectors including hospitality, media, fashion, and IT.
Deirdre is a former Marketing Director or the Rose of Tralee International Festival; Former Board Member of CERT (Tourism Training Agency); incoming Vice President of Network Cork, for women in Business, Cork Chamber Ambassador and Panellist on TV3’s Midday Show.
Deirdre’s specialities include Project Management, Reputation Management and Crisis PR.
Click here to contact Deirdre
Strategy\Business Consultancy, Social Media
Greg Canty joined Fuzion in 2003, bringing a strong commercial aspect to the business.
Greg is a qualified accountant (ACCA) who spent 6 Years in Practice and a further 6 Years in Industry, which led onto 8 years of General Management in the Drinks Industry with Deasy & Co (Guinness owned subsidiary – Manufacture of soft drinks and wholesale) and Nash Beverages Ltd. Greg also spent three years as a Senior Business/ Marketing Analyst with Guinness in Dublin.
Greg has extensive experience in website strategy and optimisation. He is considered one of the leading B2B bloggers in Ireland and is a highly sought after Social Media Trainer and Consultant. His regular B2B blog and Fuzion blog, which he manages, has attracted a large following – his submissions have been printed regularly in national publications.
Click here to contact Greg
PR Consultant
Alison O'Brien joined Fuzion in early 2007 and holds a Masters in Public Relations from Dublin Institute of Technology and is an Honours Arts graduate of University College Cork. Since then she has worked on a number of high profile projects including the award winning Cystic Fibrosis Campaign in 2009 and has also worked on other NGO campaigns involving Build4Life, Enable Ireland, Chernobyl Children’s Project and the Jack and Jill Foundation.
She also worked on National PR Campaigns for Fashion brands including b.young, ICHI and Motel as well as a number of retail propositions including Killarney Outlet Centre and Market Square Mallow.
Alison has just returned to Fuzion after a year’s break working with the international charity The Hope Foundation where she was responsible for PR and Media Co-ordination.
PR Consultant
Mary Quille joined Fuzion in early 2008 as an Account Executive. Mary graduated from St. Mary's University College, Twickenham, with a BSc Honours in Sociology and a BA Honours in Media Arts. Prior to joining Fuzion Mary previously worked with a TCH owned newspaper, The Irish Post where she organised many events including the renowned Irish Post Awards.
Mary is currently working on a variety of accounts including property and hospitality in this varied and challenging role.
PR Consultant, Political Affairs
Jill Collins has a wealth of experience from her years at Dublin PR company O’Herlihy Communications, where she was Director of Corporate and Public Affairs, working across a range of clients in the financial services, pharmaceutical, hospitality, construction, transport and social affairs sectors.
She has a strong background in national and international media relations, public relations practice and political experience at the highest national level. Formerly, as political adviser to the Government Chief Whip in the Department of An Taoiseach, she advised the Chief Whip on issues relating to the legislative programme for Government. Jill holds a HDip in Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Business School and an Honours BA in English and History from University College Dublin.
Click here to contact Jill
PR Consultant, Corporate Communications
Gina Kelly has been working in PR & Communications since 2005, with extensive experience both from an agency and in-house communications perspective. Prior to joining Fuzion, Gina was employed as Media & Communications Manager for Aer Arann, with previous roles as Media & Communications Executive at Meteor Mobile Communications and Account Executive at Amy Buckeridge PR.
She has a degree in English and Media & Communications from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Relations and Event Management from the Fitzwilliam Institute.
Click here to contact Gina
Creative Director
Kevin O'Shea has joined Fuzion as Creative Director. He has over ten years' experience with leading advertising and design agencies in Dublin including Arks, Bell, Ogilvy & Mather and Rothco. Kevin specialises in branding, art direction and design for all media. His creative portfolio includes outdoor print campaigns, and website design though his talent also extends to writing and directing TV and press advertising.
Kevin has worked with clients including AIB, Aer Lingus, Birds Eye, Kerry Foods (Charleville Cheese) Heinz, Kraft Foods (Europe), Coca Cola Bottlers of Ireland (Deep RiverRock and Fruice) John West and TV3. Kevin graduated from the DIT College of Marketing And Design (COMAD) and holds a First- Class Honours Post-Graduate Diploma in Advertising, also from DIT.
Kevin will work on a cross section of national and regional accounts while also focusing on advising companies on their strategic/ creative thinking and corporate identity.
PR, Event Management
Jean Martin joined the Fuzion team in 2011. Jean holds a degree in Business from CIT and Masters degree in Marketing, Consumption and Society from the University of Limerick.
Before working with Fuzion Jean has worked within the family in admin and marketing roles.
With a keen interest in consumer communications, Jean will be working on clients across the hospitality, leisure, lifestyle and corporate sectors.
Graphic Design
Paul Wade joined Fuzion in 2010 as a Graphic Designer. Paul holds a degree in Design Communication from Cork Institute of Technology and also has a FETAC award in Animation from St.Johns Central College.
In his element either designing or chatting with clients, Paul is truly passionate about what he does and works with Creative Director Kevin in developing creative solutions on a variety of accounts. Paul's determination and flexibility won him this role!