Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell - Managing Director - TIO Consulting
Amanda is a dynamic and highly sought-after Executive Coach with over twenty-five years of experience in developing directors, senior leaders and their teams; across diverse industry sectors including financial services, pharmaceutical, software, manufacturing, IT and the public sector. Amanda brings the unique combination of superb development skills, world-class coaching experience with strong pragmatism to Executive Audiences. She is also the co-author of three major books including: “Making Training and Development Work: A Best Practice Guide” [Oak Tress Press, 2003] and “Developing Managers and Leaders.”
Prior to becoming a full time Executive Coach and Consultant, Amanda was Head of Learning and Development for AIB Capital Markets in Dublin. In this role, Amanda was responsible for the development of 2,500 employees from Graduates through to the Executive Team. She led the successful introduction of executive coaching into AIB Capital Markets amongst other change initiatives; and she personally coached executive teams and senior managers within AIB. Previously, Amanda was an internal consultant in Hewlett-Packard Ireland Ltd with full responsibility for developing teams at all levels across the organisation.
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Angelyn is a partner in the projects and construction group at Philip Lee LLP. Angelyn is also a Director of Lean Construction Ireland and involved in the LCi Contracts Taskforce.
Angelyn has specialised in the area of projects and construction since 2004 and has extensive experience advising on major infrastructure projects and complex procurement matters. Angelyn advises funders, developers, employers and contractors on all aspects of construction law, including commercial office, residential, healthcare, energy and PPP/PFI projects. She advises on many standard form contracts such as the Public Works Contracts, RIAI, IEI, FIDIC, MF1, NEC4 and others, in addition to drafting and negotiating bespoke construction contracts. She advises on both contentious and non-contentious construction law matters. She advised on Ireland’s first healthcare and social housing PPPs, representing the National Development Finance Agency.
In the area of public procurement law, Angelyn is skilled at advising clients on public procurement processes from inception to appointment, including advising upon the appropriate procurement procedures, pre-qualification and invitation to tender documentation, queries, debriefing obligations, evaluation process and legal challenges.
Angelyn frequently delivers training and talks on public procurement and construction law topics and is a lecturer on the Law Society Construction Law course.
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Angelyn Rowan - Partner - Philip Lee Solicitors
Christopher Ryan - Continuous Improvement Manager - Architectural and Metal Systems, Cork
My Name is Christopher Ryan, I am the recently appointed Continuous Improvement Manager within Architectural & Metal who are an Irish owned Organisation working in the Aluminium industry for the Architectural & Construction sector. The company employs between 300 & 320 employees.
My Role within the organisation is to embed a lean culture and always seeking opportunities for improvement based of Data driven results. I am passionate about my role, but I am just as passionate about the company that has given me the opportunities to Excel.
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David Egan - Managing Director - WiiGroup Ltd
Deborah Smyth - Managing Director - Tempo Housing UK & Ireland
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Derek Sinnott - Director - Future Focused Solutions
Dick Clerkin - Managing Director - Clerkin Consulting
With over twenty years of experience, working with many of Irelands and the UK’s leading companies and brands, Dick Clerkin, Managing Director of Clerkin Consulting, is one the leading voices in the Building Products Manufacturing and Offsite Construction industries.
With extensive experience and proven industry credentials in areas including Strategy Deployment, Operational Excellence, New Product Development, Project Management, Leadership Coaching and Organisational change, Clerkin Consulting provides their clients with a broad range of skills and competencies, which are vital when supporting improvement projects, that often encompass a wide range of disciplines.
Allied to his professional credentials, Dick is one of Irelands best known GAA pundits, working with both the Irish independent and Sky Sports GAA, following a 17-year career playing senior intercounty football with Monaghan. Dick was also a member of the GAA Covid Advisory group that helped navigate the association through the challenges posed by the Covid pandemic. Such experiences have developed Dick into an accomplished and trusted communicator with a strong team-centred approach when working within organisations.
As chairperson of MMC Irelands Education and Awareness working group, along with endorsements and partnerships with organisations such as Lean Construction Ireland and CP Skillnet, Dick is very well regarded and respected in the wider built environment community.
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I started my career as a contracts control administrator which gave me an insight into the construction process pathway and I learned how fast-paced this environment was. In 1997 I worked in Johannesburg South Africa and worked my way up to gain knowledge of electrical drawings and estimation upon returning to Ireland my pathway opened into Quantity surveyor with Suir Engineering/Walden Electrical/CET Connect and Stone Developments (John Sisk’s & Sons subsidiary) highlights from these years were the collaboration of different sectors learning from MV/LV projects to building stone facades on Dundrum shopping centre, Kilternan hotel to Kilronan castle to large data centres excelling to manage the entire commercial team, midway the recession in 2009 I was heavily involved in dispute resolutions and claims with liquidators and receivers, this strangely was a highlight in my career as it showed me not to look at big companies and think there are invisible and also the weight on the contractual side of the business.
In 2013 I worked with a data provider who served large data centre clients but by 2018 I became stuck in my career I just couldn’t give anymore, the company was in a growth stage and we had just employed a Lean expert, I became fascinated by processes and elimination of waste. I lacked knowledge in these fields so I proceeded to go back to college in 2018 while working full time, achieved my Business Management degree and in 2023 my qualifications in Lean Enterprise Excellence and a Lean black belt, this has allowed me then to pursue my current career as the Continuous Improvement Manager for Suir Engineering, to date I have eliminated a paper process that we used in the daily pricing of work activities (Dayworks) this paper was a highlight in my career and was published in the Lean book of cases 2020 and I am currently leading the Digital transformation and modern methods of the construction projects, which involves all construction activities/ workflows and we have just launched our first data centre client to a fully digital stock management system integration with our ERP Coins system.
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Elaine Harrington - Continuous Improvement Manager - MSL Engineering Ltd
A story of how a journey of Operational Excellence can be improved by focusing on Leadership, Data and communication. Ardmac focus on the delivery of their guiding principles and execution of these values from their leadership team. Using data trends to highlight and improve performance as well as a commitment to keep everyone informed has resulted in exemplar results for the business.
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Jason Casey – Managing Director - Ardmac
Jason Rymer - Senior Digital Strategy Project Manager - GagaMuller Group
Originally from Sydney Australia where I qualified at University of Technology Sydney with a bachelors degree in Civil / Environmental Engineering. I have over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry working on many large complex projects across all sectors.
Since 2015 I have specialised in digital construction delivery where I was responsible for implementing BIM, digital Tools, CDE systems and field based app processes at an organisational level. I was also fundamental in developing the company’s internal Information Management processes to achieve the PAS1192 certification in 2018 and then being one of the first Irish companies to transition to the ISO19650 certification in 2019, bringing the organisation to the forefront of digital project delivery in the Irish construction industry.
This achievement and the continued drive for improvement in digital project delivery was recognised with JPC winning the excellence in BIM award for the 1-6 SJRQ project in 2019.
In recent years I have focused on innovation and process improvements to enhance digital project delivery around information management, structured data and project analytics.
I am now Working with GagaMuller Group supporting construction clients to develop digital strategies to ensure LEAN structured information management for the delivery of major projects from concept through to operation stages.
With the development of live project data analytics and dashboards to ensure stakeholders can make informed decisions and leverage insights to minimise risk while maximising opportunities.
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Jenna is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over 16 years’ international experience in the infrastructure sector and asset management. She specialises in operations and maintenance of complex linear assets with a focus on building sustainability practices into infrastructure organisations and major projects. She has led major renewals in the rail sector utilising LEAN and Modular methods, now commonly referred to as Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). This experience is relevant in the Irish context and being applied in her advisory work to other sectors particularly the Housing sector where she is on several advisory panels. Jenna is active in the infrastructure sector through her roles as Chairperson of the Women's Infrastructure Network (WIN) Ireland and committee member of the Leinster Branch of the Institute of Asset Management (IAM).
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Jenna Davis - Associate Director - KPMG Ireland
John O'Callaghan - Finance Director - Cygnum Building Offsite
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JP Kelly is the Associate Director and Manufacturing Sector Lead at Murphy Geospatial Group.
Manufacturing facilities are complex assets, where speed to market for new product or minimising production downtime on existing product lines is paramount. Trusted geospatial data is required throughout the project lifecycle, during the design, planning, construction and “in use” phases. JP works with our valued clients around the world to realise the true value of their Geospatial data, so they can make better informed and faster decisions while reducing risk, delays and rework. Working closely with our client's facility, operations and sustainability leaders JP and his experienced Manufacturing team deliver proven efficiency and successful digital twin implementation.
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JP Kelly - Associate Director - Murphy Geospatial
Liam McEvoy - Co-founder - SustainIQ
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Maria established Crystal Lean Solutions in 2008. Together with her team, she places relentless focus on achieving the vision of “Delivering Excellence Together” by integrating Lean principles into all facets of the business. As an Engineer, MBA and Black belt with over 25 years experience deploying Lean in sectors including Construction, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Healthcare, Medical Devices, and general engineering, she has a real understanding of the patience and perseverance required to build sustainable business processes and projects by engaging with the teams, to deliver outstanding business results.
Maria has provided direct Lean support to construction clients, including coaching, training and mentoring support in Lean principles and tools including; Lean for Leadership training, Last Planner® System, 5s on site and in the office and management of employee suggestions for improvement. While demonstrating excellence at a tactical day to day level, she has also supported clients with the development and implementation of Lean strategy, incorporating a Lean Governance team to manage the deployment and project management processes.
She is a passionate advocate of the quality and productivity benefits of Lean in Construction. She presented at LCi events on topics including Change Management, Problem Solving, Human Error Prevention and providing demonstrations on the application of the Last Planner® System. Maria has led two LCi projects; In 2019, she was the project leader for the LCi “Lean Pass Strategic Project”, leading the development of a program to introduce the foundation of Lean Principles. In 2018, she led the Lean Service Provider Lean Capability project, which are available on the LCi website.
Maria Ryan – Managing Director – Crystal Lean Solutions
Mark Pyne - Continuous Improvement Manager - Uisce Éireann Irish Water
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Melvin Loughnane - Project Director - Cairn Homes
Peter Lonergan - Associate Director - Ardmac
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Richard is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 30 years experience in both the private and public sectors. For the past 18 years, Richard has been employed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (formerly the National Roads Authority) involved in the delivery of improvements to the national roads network including significant lengths of the M8 motorway and the recent upgrade to the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork. Most recently, Richard has been involved in the National and Regional Greenways Programme and the planning and implementation of the National Cycle Network as well as working closely with various stakeholders in coordinating measures for improving sustainable practices in the delivery of infrastructure projects.
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Richard Bowan - Roads Portfolio Manager - Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Richard Fitzpatrick – Chairperson – Lean Construction Ireland
Richard is Director for Programme Management and Project Controls with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and a member of the NPHDB Executive with responsibility for delivering the New Children’s Hospital.
He has over 30 years’ programme and project management experience having managed the delivery of major capital infrastructure programmes both in the UK and Ireland. Prior to joining the NPHDB Richard held a senior position with Dublin City Council, was Project Director for the construction of the University of Ulster’s new campus in Belfast and Managing Partner for a professional services consultancy practice in Ireland.
Richard is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a Member of the Association for Project Management.
Richard is also Chair of Lean Construction Ireland (LCi), a community of learning and practice that advocates for the transformation of the Irish construction sector through collaboration and the adoption of Lean thinking and practices by the entire sector.
Ross manages Enterprise Ireland’s activities for the High Tech Construction and Housing sectors. Ross spent ten years as part of Enterprise Ireland’s overseas team, initially working on the Middle East desk in Dublin before going on to manage EI offices in Toronto and New York. He has also spent time with IDA Ireland and the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment. A Graduate of TCD and DCU, Ross lives in Dublin and enjoys spending time in the great outdoors and with his two young children.
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Ross O'Colmain - Head of High Tech Construction and Housing - Enterprise Ireland
Sinéad Hughes - Programme Manager - Irish Green Building Council
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Trevor McSharry is Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Construction at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Sligo since 2011 and has extensive experience within both the multinational and the higher education sectors. He is passionate about bridging the gap between education and industry through collaboration and has led the development of Ireland’s largest suite of construction related online part time educational programmes, which includes industry partners such as Irish Water, the Department of Transport, TII and the SCSI. He has been instrumental in leading the development of Ireland’s civil engineering apprenticeship programmes in collaboration with national partners from the private and public sectors.
Trevor is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow with Engineers Ireland and a certified Project Management Professional. He holds an MBA with DCU and a Post Grad Certificate in BIM and the Digital Environment and is research and consultancy interests include project and change management, lean and process optimisation. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Maynooth University with a research focus on change and leadership in higher education. Trevor has been a Director with Lean Construction Ireland (LCi) since 2018, has led the capability development pillar and is the editor of the 2021 and 2022 LCi Book of Cases.
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Trevor McSharry - Head of Department of Civil Engineering & Construction - Atlantic Technological University