The Big Interview

‘I’m never happy with the business as I’m always looking for the shit that’s going wrong’ – Everseen’s Alan O’Herlihy

The plain-speaking founder and chief executive of the IT services company discusses his journey as an entrepreneur

Alan O’Herlihy, chief executive and founder of Everseen: ‘What we do is help retailers in the battle against shrinkage’. Picture: John Allen

If swearing was an Olympic sport, Alan O’Herlihy would be a sure thing to bring home a gold for Ireland.

We’ve barely been sitting for five minutes in Everseen’s offices on Cork’s northside before the company’s founder and chief executive admits he’s probably already used up the allotted amount of swear words his head of comms, Nick, had advised him he could use during our conversation.

“I use the word fuck as a form of ...