Twenty-five years.
Three continents.

From Nanjing classrooms to Dublin boardrooms. The common thread has not been any particular sector, but the same underlying challenge: how do you build something real, with real people, that lasts after you leave?

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2023–
Present

Head of Innovation

Trinzo

Built Trinzo's AI & Innovation Hub from zero. Secured €750,000+ in government grants, designed AI automation programmes for Fortune 500 medical device and top-5 global pharma companies, and led a nine-person team across training, consultancy, and bespoke LLM product portfolios.

2022–
2023

VP Operations

Whyze Health

Led AI implementation projects inside two major hospital systems. Bridged the gap between clinical workflow and machine learning. The kind of regulated environment where getting it wrong has consequences.

2013–
2022

Co-Founder & COO

Adaptemy

Founded and led an adaptive learning company for nine years, from idea to multi-market commercial operation across Ireland, Singapore, Belgium, Spain, Slovakia, and Germany. Secured multi-million euro investment across multiple funding rounds. Now Non-Executive Director.

2008–
2011

Co-Founder & Director of Operations

West Education · Nanjing

Co-founded and built one of Nanjing's leading preparation schools for academic, professional language, and corporate examinations. The first company I built from the ground up, in a country and language not my own.

2006–
2008

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Sinoed Consultants · China

Created a network of service training professionals and courses for schools, government departments, and businesses across China. An early lesson in building something real with limited resources and no roadmap.

2003–
2006

Director of Studies

EF Nanjing

Led an international team of teachers to build the largest private language school in the city. Where I first learned that leadership is mostly about getting the right people in the right room and then staying out of their way.

Education

An arts degree, a business degree, and a habit of going back for more.

Sep–Nov
2021

Higher National Diploma, Digital Business Analysis

University College Dublin

2011–
2012

Master of Business Administration

Trinity College Dublin

1997–
2001

BA, English, French and Linguistics

University College Dublin

UCD Choir, TCD Choir, Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, and UCD Rugby.

1991–
1997

Leaving Certificate

Clongowes Wood College

JCT, orchestra and choir, gold medal for piano, distinguished services tie.

Certifications

Short programmes, taken while doing the job rather than instead of it.

Dec
2021

Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme

University of Oxford

Nov
2020

Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy

MIT Sloan School of Management

Mar
2017

Winning Negotiation Strategies

University College Dublin

Apr
2014

Gamification

Coursera