Mission Credentials

Counting cows and sheep, moving between fields, labour checks, and annual pharmaceutical interventions to prevent animal diseases.

Altar boy assisting priest at Mass. Disclosure: often extra pay for funerals and weddings.

Dog's body, home renovation and fixing work.

Managed an in-school bank for one year.

IT service management (logins, password resets, etc.) — 1 day/week for 4 months.

Lasted 3 days (1 day/week for 3 weeks). Withdrew due to inefficiency of paperwork approach.

Internship approx. 4 months (minus 3 weeks at council).

Plate scraping, dishwasher loading/unloading, frying chips, potato peeling — summers & some term-time weekends.

University research internship on the Smart Grid.

Basel III intro work.

Read the physical hardcopy manual of the Irish Single Electricity Market (pre-internet, never digitised).

Delivered operational flexibility (via checklist & calling supermarkets) to SOs across Ireland, GB, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA. Worked 12-hour day/night shifts (07:30–19:30 / 19:30–07:30).

Extended MEng work to imagine delivery of other smart services in cities with effective software tools and delivery vehicles.

Technical analyst & product-facing work on DLT/AI and residential flexibility. Delivered first residential flexibility services (3 × 430 W batteries) to WPD via Flexible Power. Upgraded labs for safety; UCD e-bike battery sharing concept; bridged ops–tech comms; coordinated Smart Battery 4.8 kWh launch across CX/ops/tech/marketing/sales; supported BD/strategy; observed legacy→AWS platform transition; advocated for developer needs; highlighted operational/personnel issues to ELT; supported mission-driven culture; prepared backup demo to save brand at first Octopus Hackathon; mirrored manufacturing & assembly constraints in software architecture; provided EV UX requirements.

To be finished.

To be finished.

To be finished.

Raising issues where public money and accountability intersect; pushing for transparent, effective, and just outcomes.

Highlighting bottlenecks and proposing pragmatic improvements in delivery teams (so far at Correla, Imperial and the NHS).

Shaping strategy-to-execution paths: define outcomes, plan delivery, and align teams on measurable milestones.

Calling for timely, outcomes-focused student mental health support with clear escalation paths and resourcing.

Championing accessible, consistent, and effective mental health service delivery across the NHS.

Prize-giving speech: advocating for working in STEM and attempting to give a sense of hope to young people.

Community action to save a “single-teacher” rural school (7 pupils). After a month of protest and national media attention, the school reopened and remained open for 24 more years.