Name: Tom Bates.

Title: Channel sales director.

School: Cabinteely Community.

College: Cathal Brugha Street.

Marital status: Married.

Home: Bray.

Most important life event: Being born into a large happy family.

Biggest business break: Joining Lucent Technologies.

Biggest business mistake: Not getting into the IT sector sooner.

Time of getting up: 6:15 a.m.

Time of finishing work: 7 p.m.

Favourite breakfast: Full Irish (at the weekend).

Form of exercise: Walking.

Favourite TV programme: Frasier.

Favourite radio programme: The Last Word.

Commuting time: 40 minutes (if I'm lucky).

Favourite airline: Virgin Atlantic.

Worst thing about travel: Delays on the way home.

Favourite pub: Harbour Bar, Bray.

Favourite restaurant: Tree of Idleness.

How do you spend your free time: Relaxing.

Person you admire most: Alexander Graham Bell, for starting the communications revolution 125 years ago, and for getting people talking.

Dying words: Don't worry, be happy, life is too short!