Advisory Board

Dr. John Mooney is Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management at Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School, where he also serves as Academic Director of the Doctor of Business Administration program. Dr. Mooney holds a BS in Computer Science and a Master of Management Science both from University College Dublin, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from UC Irvine. He was named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) in December 2018 and is a member of the AIS College of Senior Scholars. He received the 2018 George L. Graziadio “Outstanding Faculty” award, the 2019 Graziadio Business School John Nicks Memorial Service Award, and a 2020 Pepperdine University Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence. His current research interests include management of digital innovation, responsible applications of AI, and business executive responsibilities for managing data and digital platforms.

Senior executive responsible for oversight of privacy at Dropbox, guiding the company strategy from a privacy and data protection perspective, engaging thoughtfully with regulators, and helping Dropbox and Dropboxers in EMEA grow and thrive.

Building an ecosystem of companies enables new communities and creates breakthrough technologies that can have a real-world impact on customers’ businesses. We are nurturing such an ecosystem at ADI Catalyst.

Officially opened in March 2022, ADI Catalyst is a collaboration hub for customers looking to get to market faster, generate revenue more efficiently, and strengthen and evolve their ecosystem. Established beside our Limerick campus, ADI Catalyst is a 100,000sq ft custom-built R&D facility where customers, business partners, and suppliers come together to engage with ADI’s people, technology, and expertise to create living labs and develop breakthrough products at an accelerated pace. This collaboration hub ushers in a new era of speed and collaboration in helping customers resolve their toughest challenges.

Gail C. Murphy (she/her) is a Professor of Computer Science and Vice-President Research and Innovation at the University of British Columbia. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), as well as co-founder of Tasktop Technologies Incorporated.

After completing her B.Sc. at the University of Alberta in 1987, she worked for five years as a software engineer in the Lower Mainland. She later pursued graduate studies in computer science at the University of Washington, earning first a M.Sc. (1994) and then a Ph.D. (1996) before joining UBC.

Dr. Murphy’s research focuses on improving the productivity of software developers and knowledge workers by providing the necessary tools to identify, manage and coordinate the information that matters most for their work. She also maintains an active research group with post-doctoral and graduate students.

Edmond Harty is the CEO and Technical Director of Dairymaster. Prof Harty has a strong background in engineering and science and is regarded as one of the world’s pioneers in agricultural technology. He has an impressive track record of combining leading research with successful commercialisation of the resulting intellectual property. He has filed over 90 patent applications and developed a multi-disciplinary innovation focused company of more than 350 people. He has received many international awards for his research and is a former EY Entrepreneur of the Year.

Yvonne Galligan is Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Comparative Politics in Technological University Dublin. She is also founding director of the Allied Irish Bank Research Center on Inclusive and Equitable Cultures (RINCE) in TU Dublin. She is past Vice President and Executive Member of the International Political Science Association and currently serves as Honorary Treasurer of the Political Studies Association and Chair of the Athena SWAN National Committee. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, and recipient of an honorary doctorate in social science from the University of Edinburgh. She was founding board member of the European Journal of Gender and Politics and is a member of the editorial board of Irish Political Studies and the International Political Science Review. Her research interests include gender and politics, equity and higher education, and comparative politics.

Prof. Margaret-Anne Storey is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Victoria. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Human and Social Aspects of Software Engineering.

Prof. Storey’s research goal is to understand how technology can help people explore, understand, and share complex information and knowledge. She evaluates and applies techniques from knowledge engineering, social software, and visual interface design to applications such as collaborative software development, program comprehension, biomedical ontology development, and learning in Web-based environments. Prof. Storey currently consults with Microsoft to improve developer productivity.

Prof. Mario Trapp is Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS.

In 2005, he obtained his PhD from TU Kaiserslautern, where he also did his habilitation in 2016. He also joined Fraunhofer IESE in 2005, where he started off as a head of department in safety-critical software before becoming head of the Embedded Systems division from 2009 to 2017. After being appointed Acting Executive Director of Fraunhofer ESK (now Fraunhofer IKS) in Munich on January 1, 2018, he assumed this role on a permanent basis on May 1, 2019.

Yves Le Traon is full professor of Computer Science at University of Luxembourg, in the domain of software engineering, with a focus on software testing, software security, and data-intensive systems.

He is currently vice-director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT center) and head of the SerVal group (SEcurity, Reasoning and VALidation), which is composed of around 25 researchers.

He was head of the CSC Research Unit (Dept. of Computer Science) for the period of 2013-2016.

His research interests include (1) innovative testing, debugging and repair techniques, (2) mobile Android security using static code analysis, machine learning techniques and, (3) design of robust machine-learning based systems. His research is inspired from and applies to several industry partners (Fintech BGL BNP-Paribas and Paypal, Smartgrid - CREOS, Industry 4.0 - Cebi).

Joe Smyth is SVP of R&D at Genesys. He leads a team of engineers and AI experts in building Conversational & Predictive AI and Digital Messaging for the Genesys Cloud platform. Joe is a veteran of the Customer Care and Unified Communications industry, having previously worked in Nortel (now Avaya) and Cisco. In 2013 he co-founded Altocloud, a digital customer engagement platform bridging Web Interactions to Customer Care with AI at its core. Altocloud was acquired in 2018 by Genesys.

Arik has over 30 years experience in the tech industry, leading technology, architecture, solution and product management teams world-wide in leading technology companies.

Before deciding to leave Cisco to found Ancient Oak Ventures in mid 2023, Arik was the Global Director of Product Management and User Experience for Cisco’s IoT Operations Dashboard. This cloud-based SaaS solution helps operations teams securely deploy, monitor and troubleshoot Cisco industrial routers and their connected equipment.  Arik led the overall product direction and vision and led the team in all aspects of product management and user experience, incl. roadmaps, prioritization, UX design, licensing and go-to-market. A 16 year veteran of Cisco, Arik’s previous Cisco roles include Director for Connected Transportation and Smart City IoT Solutions, Director of Collaboration Solutions, and Director of Product Management for Video and Unified Communications. Prior to Cisco, he held a variety of senior positions, incl. CTO for Contact Center and Multimedia Applications with Nortel (now Avaya) and Chairman of the ETSI DECT/Data standards committee while managing the Enterprise Ireland funded telecoms research centre Teltec Ireland at the University of Limerick.

Narmada joined the firm ten years ago following a career as a technologist in industry. She is currently a Director in the Forensic Data Analytics team, working in the Government and Infrastructure sector.

Narmada has deep experience in using data and technology to design solutions and achieve business outcomes, such as fraud detection, quantification of regulatory risk or compliance automation. She regularly leads large forensic data analytics engagements dealing with corruption, sanctions, investigations, contract analytics and compliance.

Narmada holds a Master’s degree in Data Science and Analytics from Royal Holloway University of London. She is also a Certified Fraud Professional, as well as a SCRUM Master.