Ireland Chapter of PMI

Kieran Boyce is the current President of the Ireland Chapter and is a programme manager with a Dublin-based software company.  He has worked in software development for over 25 years, and project and programme managment for over 15 years.  He has worked with blue-chip financial and consultancy companies in Ireland, the UK and throughout Europe.  In addition he has lectured on project management and software development with a number of Irish academic institutions.

Colum Horgan PMP is Vice-President of the Ireland Chapter and Programmes Officer for its activities. Colum has 18 years' experience in Project Management and is co-founder director of AspiraCon. AspiraCon specialises in consulting, training and solutions provision in the Ppoject management area. Prior to this, Colum was a senior manager in Motorola in Cork having previously served as a Project Manager and engineer in Panasonic, Lake Communications and MDS Networks.

Liam Dillon is the Past-President of the Ireland Chapter of PMI and is part of an international training and consultancy firm, Turlon & Associates, who specialise in the development of custom training-ware as well as project management consultancy for various private, public and academic institutions. Liam is involved with project management since 1995, working with various applications and technologies in Ireland, Asia-Pacific and North America. Coupled with his industrial experience, Liam spends time lecturing on the topic of project management and has presented both nationally and internationally of the topic of project management.

John McDonagh PMP has been on the committee of the Ireland Chapter since the start of 2008. John has been instrumental in the development of this new website capability for the chapter. John is a program / PMO manager working at an international financial services company with over 15 years' experience working across both IT and the business. He has previously worked as a consultant in both Accenture and KPMG Consulting.

Niall Murphy PMP has been elected to the newly created role of Marketing and Sponsorship Officer. In this capacity he will promote the Ireland Chapter of the PMI and develop the Chapter's sponsorships. Niall is a Senior Development Manager with Oracle. He has a proven track record in delivering large scale global projects on time and budget.

Fiachra Ó Marcaigh’s project management experience is mainly in the media, new media and technology sectors. Previously with The Irish Times and DigiServe, he is now a director of AMAS, the consultancy specialising in online channels, (www.amas.ie). Since joining AMAS in 2003 he has managed major web, intranet and online projects for a range of public and private-sector clients.

Ronan Foley is a director with Clarion Consulting Limited with responsibility for Clarion’s Project Delivery and Business Development groups, UK and Ireland.  Prior to this, Ronan spent a number of years working with some of Ireland's leading indigenous software & consulting companies including Reflex, JBA, and KPMG Management Consulting. He has over 14 years experience of the Irish IT industry and is a native of Dublin.

Email: rfoley(at)pmi-ireland.org or Call: +353 87 28 44 762

Maurice Lynch PMP, currently employed as a Operational Excellence coach in Intel Ireland. Previously Maurice worked as a Project Manager, Web Developer and Engineer. Maurice is the current “Professional Development Officer” within the Ireland Chapter of the PMI.

As part of this role Maurice wants to create an organisation that will be recognized amongst the business community as a vehicle to take advantage of multiple professional development programs and opportunities.