ALEX
GOODISON
Hi, I'm
Alex Goodison
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Homeplan, UCC Student, Public Speaker & Tech-Enthusiast!
Explore My Work
Homeplan
Maintain and manage your entire home, all in one place
Swiipe News
Swiipe was a unique iOS news app with a twist built for teens. The app received global attention from popular media outlets and international conferences. Read more...
Fuel Watch
Stay up-to-date with the latest Petrol & Diesel prices near you
defib.live
Urged by my uncle's newly discovered heart condition, I set out to build a publicly accessible defibrillator locator to anyone in Ireland help locate a defib in seconds. Read more...
Sugar Security
Landing page design and development for Sugar Security
Featured Across the Globe
Swiipe on the news: A 14-year-old's app lets you Tinder your way through the day's events
Teen invents app to take a swipe at traditional news outlets
Swiipe News on Product Hunt: Top Product of the Day!
Noticieros Televisa | Swiipe Feature on Mexican news
This Irish teen (14) built a Tinder-style app for news - on his summer holidays
Irish 14-year-old invents Tinder app for news
Public Speaking
Over the years, I've had the pleasure of being invited to speak around Europe on life as a young entrepreneur.
Award Winning Work
UCC Quercus Scholarship
Innovation/Entrepreneurship
I was awarded a Quercus Scholarship for my previous achievements and work in business & technology.
The Quercus Talented Students' Programme is a scholarship programme that supports and promotes excellence in academia, sport, creative and performing arts, active citizenship & innovation/entrepreneurship.
Scifest '19
Students' Favourite Award
I entered my fake news algorithm into SciFest. I was awarded the Most Interesting Project by the students of LIT at the competition.
BT Young Scientist '18
2nd place in category & IE Domain Registry Award
I worked on a fake news algorithm that could give users an indication as to whether a given article may be fake or not.
BT Young Scientist '17
Irish Science Teachers' Award
I also entered PocketKnow's Augmented Reality flashcards into BT Young Scientist. That year I won the ISTA Special Award and was subsequently featured in their monthly magazine.
Student Enterprise Awards '17
1st place
I received this award for my educational app, PocketKnow. PocketKnow was a tool for Junior Cert students looking
for a library of content relevant to the curriculum. It rose to the top 10 of the Educational app charts in Ireland.
To accompany the free app, I sold flashcards that could be scanned by a user to see 3D models of curriculum-based content appear in
Augmented Reality. I placed 1st in Limerick for the second year in a row, and placed 2nd nationally.
Student Enterprise Awards '16
1st place
In 2016, I placed 1st in the Student Enterprise Awards Limerick with my graphic design business, Goodie Graphics. I started Goodie Graphics at 11, selling logos and business card designs. Over the years, I grew to over 200 happy customers from all corners of the globe.
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