Our team

Programme Manager of Cyber Innovate, a Cyber Security Innovation postgraduate degree Programme. I support the Cyber Innovate Director and Academic Leads managing the Programme. I also work very closely with the Cyber Innovate Scholars, supporting them throughout the course.

I have previously worked in the UCC Cancer Trials Group, Cancer Research Department in University College Cork. Prior to this, I worked on the Global Regulatory Compliance team at PepsiCo. I also have experience working on the Quality team at Janssen Biologics (J&J Group).

Education: Completed a B.Sc. Microbiology (2008) University College Cork & Ph.D. Molecular Microbiology (2011), University College Cork.

Qualifications: Currently completing a certified special purpose award in Project Management at Munster Technological University, Cork.

Director of Cyber Innovate, a Cybersecurity Innovation training programme which uses innovation management processes including Design Thinking, Customer Development, KTH Innovation Readiness Levels and Strategyzer tools.

I have previously worked in the commercialisation of academic research and I have strong industrial experience where I held numerous roles including engineering, project management (certified PMP), programme management (StageGate) and portfolio management roles. I managed global, cross-functional, matrix teams of 20+ direct and indirect reports in the development of new products for the payments industry with project budgets in excess of €1million. Experience with Start-ups, SME’s and MNC’s including numerous new product development roles including project, portfolio and programme management.

Commercialisation Specialist with Munster Technological University responsible for promoting awareness, identifying, managing and commercialising Intellectual Property (IP) created by University research active personnel. This led to the creation of 7 start-ups and 75+ IP Licences and Assignments.

Education: B.E. Electronics, MSc Technology Management.

Qualifications:

Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals – Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP).

Project Management Institute: Certified Project Manager Professional (PMP).

Training:

SFI/National Science Foundation (NSF) certified I-Corps Instructor.

PraxisAuril: (1) Fundamentals of Technology Transfer, (2) Advanced Licensing Skills, (3) New Venture Creation and (4) Software Commercialisation.

Business Development Academy: Valuation of Emerging Technologies.

Patents: Inventor of Patent Number US2006201701 – Circuit Security System.

Josette O’ Mullane (she/her). A qualified accounting professional and a Recognised Technology Transfer Professional. MTU Innovation and Enterprise Manager with over thirty years’ experience initiating and managing impactful programmes aimed at creating start ups; research commercialisation; enhanced innovation in industry and effective collaboration between academia and industry. A member of MTU Senior Management Team and leads a team of ten professionals engaged in innovation supports, technology transfer and incubation. Has played a lead role in the establishment and direction of entrepreneurship training programmes in MTU since 1997 and worked in Enterprise Ireland (as a DA) and IDA Ireland before joining MTU. Co-founder of the Rubicon Incubation Centre in 2006; Member of NIMBUS and CAPPA Technology Gateway Steering Committee and the MTU Gateways Operations Group. Established CIT (now MTU) Technology Transfer function in 2009. Immediate past Chair of the Irish Knowledge Transfer & Innovation Group and represented Ireland at EU level on the National Associations Advisory Committee (NAAC) for Knowledge Transfer.

Education: B Comm ACMA

Qualifications: Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals – Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP).

Donna O’Shea holds the position of Chair of Cybersecurity in MTU – Cork Campus, a Funded Investigator at the Science Foundation Ireland research centre CONNECT and ENABLE and group lead of Ríomh – Intelligent Secure Systems  research group. Donna currently leads a Higher Education Authority (HEA)  Human Capital Initiative (HCI) project called CYBER-SKILLS which is a  nationally funded project with aims to address the cybersecurity skills  challenge and this is in collaboration with UCD, UL, TU Dublin and  Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI), Virginia Tech U.S. Donna’s research  expertise lies in the area of enterprise security (i.e. SDN and NFV  security) and network and service management with a specific focus on  the design, analysis and optimisation of wired and wireless  communication systems, networks and services. Donna is passionate about  promoting science and technology as a career for women and men, is a director of Tech Industry Alliance (TIA) a not-for-profit independent business organisation  representing the interests of the IT industry and is an IEEE  Senior Member.