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Dr Ann O’Connell  is a visionary leader, a dynamic collaborator and a sought-after public speaker.  As Head of Funded projects for Medtech and Engineering Skills with Ibec, Ann is responsible for funding, development and delivery of over 100 professional upskilling programmes ranging from 1-day webinars, to 2 year Masters programmes. Ann’s course list is wide ranging and comprehensive, covering Research & Development, Manufacturing & Digitalisation, Quality & Regulatory, Sustainability, and Management & Leadership, and she specialises in piloting and launching new programmes to meet emerging needs.

Ann completed her PhD in 2014 with the Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI) at University College Dublin and is a long-time advocate for lifelong learning amongst industry professionals. She joined Ibec in 2019 from Irish Manufacturing Research Centre, where as European Programme Manager, she refocused strategy and investment and led the successful application of a proposal to coordinate a H2020 funded project under the ECSEL JU Program. Prior to that, Ann served as Senior Integration Engineer with Intel Corporation for almost two decades, supporting multiple business sectors across diverse  geographies. Ann’s deep understanding of the power of technology, digitalisation, data science and intelligent automation in advancing all businesses is applied with expertise and purpose in her role today, as she supports the industries that will solve some of the world’s most critical health and environmental challenges.

My Quote…..

“Knowledge is power, and we should never stop learning – especially as the challenges facing our world grow increasingly urgent. The knowledge we build today will trigger the discoveries of tomorrow, to empower solutions for our future”.