David leads and develops a sustainable manufacturing research strategy, oversees research grants programs, and evaluates research program effectiveness and impact to deliver outcomes which can be applied for the benefit of industry/ consumers/ customers. He establishes and maintains productive working relationships and networks with stakeholders, public and private sector funding bodies, state agencies, fostering research partnerships across organisational programs and projects to capitalise on funding and resource opportunities.

Ken is responsible for delivering the Robotics research program within IMR, instilling a culture of Innovation and ensuring we remain focused on high impact research for our clients.

Ken’s experience includes; 10+ years of technology research & industrial product development; CTO of tech start up; and leading multiple teams in the delivery of mission critical development projects.

John is responsible for managing the Design for Manufacturing team. Using a collaborative R+D model, this team works closely with Irish industry to investigate and validate the adoption of new and advanced manufacturing technologies and associated design tools. This is supported by dedicated in-house assets covering Additive and Subtractive manufacturing as well as measurement and metallurgical analysis. John also oversees the expansion and fit-out of the advanced pilot lab in Mullingar. John has over 25 years’ experience working in the technology industry across engineering, program management (PMP certified), and R+D management levels.

Fergus leads up IMR’s work in helping companies begin their analytics journey and developing analytics roadmaps. He works on delivering cutting edge solutions into companies and leads up IMR’s European projects in analytics.

Fergus’ experience includes; 20 years manufacturing experience; Change management experience; and advanced analytics experience.

Fearghal leads the Software Development, AR/VR and IT teams at IMR, developing solutions that seamlessly embed into all our network partners facilities. Fearghal also owns the internal IT operations at IMR, ensuring that all our employees and put network partners max their potential with the best IT support.

Fearghal’s experience includes; 14 years’ software engineering experience and is PMI certified with over 10,000 hours project experience working across multiple geographies at the most advanced high-volume factories.