- 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

- 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

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

- 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

- 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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