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London, England, United Kingdom

Dublin 2, Dublin, Ie

Dublin 2, Dublin, Ie

Dublin 2, Dublin, Ie

Led the strategic development of technical competence of ESB Networks staff across the Construction, Maintenance and Operations of Networks assets. Managed the ESB Networks Training Centre in Portlaoise, including 45 full time staff and €8m budget. Manage the delivery of training both by internal resources, and through contracts with external providers. * Winner 2018 European Vocational Skills Week VET Excellence Award: European Alliance for Apprenticeships - Large Companies * Implemented OHSAS 18001 Safety Management System * Management and training of apprentices: Apprentice volume grown to 300 in 2018, from 120 in 2015. Developed profile of apprentice programme to grow applications from 2200 in 2016 to 6000 in 2018, and increasing female applications by 400% * Winner Chambers Ireland CSR Award for Excellence in Supporting Youth Employment for apprenticeship programme. * Member of Advisory Board of DIT Access to Apprenticeship Programme * Revised and reimplemented Apprentice Supervision Policy, managing safety risks and learning goals * End to end competence management for 1600 front-line Technician and Design staff, from training needs analysis through planning, delivery, recording, and compliance checks. * Highly active management of external contracts from procurement processes, through ongoing performance review with suppliers

Dublin, Dublin , Ie

Led ESBI’s engineering services to the wind industry, from project concept phase and acquisition through development and construction. Managed 40 people, and annual contracts of over €8m (over 40 man years). • Led restructuring of Wind Engineering organisation, doubled headcount and strengthened robustness of project delivery.• Managed delivery of a portfolio of projects in development and construction in UK and Ireland.• Provided engineering and investment appraisal services to external clients, ESB Asset Development, and Joint Venture companies involving external investors.• Controlled revenue, contribution, and profits for ESBI service-provision contracts (over €8m per annum 2014).• Collaborated with business development managers, developing strategies for accessing new markets (UK, South Africa, Turkey) linking market potential to resource requirements.• Implemented new procurement processes strengthening safety, quality, and commercial performance. Currently being applied to procurement of turbines.

Dublin, Dublin , Ie

Managed HV Cables design department within ESB International. Responsible for operations and strategic business development through stakeholder engagement in the diverse areas of underground and subsea cables. Managed 12 people in 2 teams.• Won place for ESBI on National Grid UK FEED framework through competitive tendering process, establishing key foothold in UK T&D market.• Successfully managed a portfolio of over 20 ongoing projects in accordance with safety, quality and governance needs against a shifting regulatory background.• Developed new business with Mutual Energy NI to develop long term asset management strategy following equipment faults for 500MW HVDC Moyle Interconnector (asset value £150m).• Negotiated provision of services including SLA and rates to EBFL (joint venture of Geo Networks and ESB Telecoms) for offshore fibre-optic cable installation supervision.• Took first steps for ESBI in offshore wind industry providing grid-access consultancy to Blackstone Group on UK offshore wind development proposal (ca. €500m), also EOI to National Grid UK.• Delivered subsea cable for interconnector linking Tanzania-Zanzibar (ca. €35m) for Millennium Challenge Account. Success strategically builds capability and credibility for ESBI.• Introduced cross-project review process, improving quality of project delivery through standardisation across teams. Identified material savings of €2m to be passed on to client.• Developed staff according to strategic business plan and individuals’ professional and personal development. Exploited business opportunities to extend team members’ experience.

Lausanne, Ch

Defined Europe-wide pricing and release strategy for new biologic-drugs with Novartis. Exploited short-term revenue opportunity while protecting long-term $1bn potential revenue from regulatory price-control risks.Generated new sales and research funding, for VirtaMed AG, Zurich, (virtual reality surgical trainers). Re-targeted product to new customer-segment, developed clear value proposition and marketing plan to underpin this realignment.Worked with African Outback (http://www.africanoutback.co.za/), Johannesburg, South Africa, a supplier of off-road-vehicle accessories. Helped management assess expansion strategy including new production capacity and new market segments.

Dublin, Dublin , Ie

- Built and managed team of eight consultants including new hires and experienced staff.- Identified growing client need for operational and strategic consultancy on environmental, technical and business issues. Developed business and secured ongoing contracts allowing growth of team in first year.- Managed public affairs communications and risk advisory on health-impacts of electromagnetic fields from power infrastructure, liaised with concerned members of the public, statutory planning agencies and project development teams.- Supervised turnaround of engineering data-management system project, coached team on vendor management and overhaul of project governance systems and defined KPIs.- Managed creation of policy for all-Ireland electricity transmission grid maintenance. Led one-year industry consultation, managed conflicting stakeholder interests including industrial relations issues.- Managed revision of SF6 management policy covering safety and environmental concerns, including design and specification for new SF6 handling facility.- Managed high-voltage electricity-grid strategic spares definition program, including specification of requirements based on reliability targets and material procurement.- Led international cross-industry investigation of high-voltage transformer failure, secured admission of fault from equipment manufacturer. Formulated safety and economic risk management policy.- Managed high-voltage bushing replacement program, overseeing commercial procurement process compliant with regulatory, safety, and technical requirements.

Zurich, Zh, Ch

- Consulted internationally for business unit teams on mechanical and electrical design issues. - Collaborated with teams across ABB covering a wide range of products (GCB, HV Circuit Breakers, HV Transformers, MV Switchgear, Gas Insulated Switchgear, Paper and Pulp Automation). - Delivered three patents plus significant savings through innovations and building technical capability within business unit teams. - Developed innovative computer-simulation-based engineering design tools, promoted and deployed tools in business units in Switzerland, Czech Republic, Italy and Finland along with support and training. - Managed deployment of high performance computing (HPC) Linux cluster to enable advanced design methods in Corporate Research Switzerland and business units, simultaneously reduced costs through better software license utilization. - Defined and initiated cross-company international research project to address strategic opportunity for greater mechanical-design R&D capability within Power Products.

Dublin, Dublin, Ie

Taught and examined courses at university degree level; worked with large groups (120), small groups and individuals.Coached individual students on final year project execution.Coordinated international student-exchange programs.

Mba, Business Administration

Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Be, Mechanical Engineering