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Ireland

Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland

County Sligo, Ireland

- Lead and manage a staff of 220 across six departments: Civil Engineering & Construction; Computing & Electronic Engineering; Engineering Technology; Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering; Mechatronic Engineering; Yeats Academy of Arts Design & Architecture- Grew individual students by 43% (2,738 to 3,928) across 108 academic programmes ranging from apprenticeship to level 9 masters- Strengthened connections with industry, academic institutions and government bodies

Sligo

- Lead and manage a staff of 65 to deliver 31 academic programmes ranging from apprenticeship to level 9 masters- Grew individual students by 44% (937 to 1,349) through promotional activities and by developing 12 new programmes to support industry needs in collaboration with key stakeholders- Strengthened connections with industry, academic institutions and government bodies

Waterford > Sligo

Apr 2000-Sept 2004 (Waterford); April 2011-Aug 2012 (Sligo)uPsolutions offered management and consultancy solutions to manufacturing, engineering, business, academic and creative organisations. Key clients included Waterford Crystal, GN Resound, Waterford Chamber of Commerce, South East Chambers, UCD, and Creative State North West. Client projects included directing an International Glass Art Festival, completing a successful funding proposal for the South East Enterprise… Show more Apr 2000-Sept 2004 (Waterford); April 2011-Aug 2012 (Sligo)uPsolutions offered management and consultancy solutions to manufacturing, engineering, business, academic and creative organisations. Key clients included Waterford Crystal, GN Resound, Waterford Chamber of Commerce, South East Chambers, UCD, and Creative State North West. Client projects included directing an International Glass Art Festival, completing a successful funding proposal for the South East Enterprise Platform Programme, supply chain integration projects and developing crystal grinding equipment• Project managed a taskforce set-up by Tánaiste Mary Harney to develop ‘Strategy Waterford – Vision 2011 – linking Waterford and its partners’ which led to developing a strategy for the South East region of Ireland Show less

Kilkenny

- Grew client numbers by 96% and member organisations by 45%- Oversaw a major restructuring of the organisation at staff and board level- Developed new opportunities for craft at national and international retail levels to increase its €498m economic value

Dublin

- Initiated the first National Engineering Week - Doubled the participation in STEPS to engineering programmes to 53,000 students annually- Developed and expanded CPD programmes – in-house, online and employer accreditation programmes- Increased income streams by 46% to €2.2m

County Waterford, Ireland

• Lectured in Operations Management on the MBA programme in the School of Business

Rochester, New York Area

• Developed and implemented a five year global strategy to re-engineer the Ray-Ban Supply Chain and return the division to profit• Involved in leading change across plants in Waterford, USA, Mexico, Hong Kong and China

County Waterford, Ireland

• Overall project management of capital ($4m) and cost saving ($1m) projects• Developed and implemented a European prescription sunglass business • Business Process Re-engineering across all indirect functions

County Waterford, Ireland

• Commenced in the position of manufacturing engineer and progressed through various engineering and management positions • Promoted to the position of focus factory manager responsible for a high volume 2-shift production cell with seventy-five operators and ten technical support staff

County Wicklow, Ireland

• Responsible for procurement, design and manufacture of machines and tools for manufacturing processes in house and with sub-contractors• Set up and managed a documentation control system

County Carlow, Ireland

Boston

Bsc, Mechanical Engineering, 2.86

Msc, Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Distinction

Modules included: Systems Modelling & Simulation; Manufacturing Systems, Design & Economics; Sustainable Design & Manufacture; Advanced.

Diploma, Management For Engineers

Junior Trades Certificate, Toolmaking

Toolmaking Apprenticeship, Toolmaking

Leaving Certificate, Secondary School