Accenture ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ Award for UCC Student
04.05.2011
UCC postgraduate student, Padraig Horgan has won an internship at Accenture Ireland and leadership development tour to USA for his 'TAPP'® tolling app idea. ‘TAPP’® - a software application which will allow commuters to pay tolling and public transport charges via a single platform on their mobile handset was announced as the winning project at this year’s ‘Accenture ‘Leaders of Tomorrow Award’. The UCC MBS Business Economics student, Padraig Horgan, impressed the judges with his innovative business concept, surpassing the competition from hundreds of student entrants from colleges and universities around the country to take the top prize.

TAPP®, or tolling App, is a Smart Phone application that will transform the way road users pay for tolls. It will provide them with the ability to plan, execute, and pay for their journey in a more efficient manner. The app will also be able to facilitate ticketing payments for other transport modes such as bus and rail, as well as city congestion and parking charges. In this way TAPP users will be fully connected travellers as commuters will be able to combine all their travel needs into one product and one bill. They will be able to “Just TAPP and go”.

Padraig will now participate in the Accenture ‘Global Leadership Experience’, which is a two-part prize involving a trip to New York this summer and a six month Leadership Development Internship at Accenture Ireland.

The Accenture ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ Award is open to all third-level final year and post graduate students from across the island of Ireland. There were several hundred applications to this year’s awards, representing all the main universities in Ireland. Many innovative business ideas were submitted in areas such as technology, green business and publishing and the five finalists – comprising both individuals and groups from CIT, DCU, UCC, UCD and Queen’s University – were required to present their projects to the adjudication panel.

Pictured at the announcement of the Accenture Leaders of Tomorrow Award 2011 was overall winner and UCC graduate Padraig Horgan with Country Managing Director of Accenture Ireland, Mark Ryan.

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