Experience

UCD Innovation Academy

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Occasional Lecturer

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Facilitating immersive and hands on courses in Social Entrepreneurship and Creative Thinking & Innovation with Undergraduate students at UCD. Facilitating immersive and hands on courses in Social Entrepreneurship and Creative Thinking & Innovation with Undergraduate students at UCD.



MentorEng

• United Kingdom
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  An online education platform aimed at building critical thinking, communication and media literacy skills for high school students in Asia through the medium of English and Literature small group tutorials. An online education platform aimed at building critical thinking, communication and media literacy skills for high school students in Asia through the medium of English and Literature small group tutorials.



Riverside Learning Center

• India
• Education Management

• Lead facilitator and program designer at School Leadership training platform

  • Sep 2017 - Apr 2020

  Worked alongside Kiran Sethi to develop and build the 'I Can School' training platform, aimed at enabling school leaders create a school culture where students develop both the content and character needed to be 21st Century global citizens. Responsible for developing online and offline training programs and materials, alongside working as a trainer with pilot schools and key stakeholders to test and refine these modules. Also simultaneously taught AS level English and Literature to Grade 11 and 12 students at the Riverside School. Show less



Innovation Academy UCD

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching facilitator

  • Feb 2017 - Aug 2017

  Co-taught undergraduate modules on creativity and entrepreneurial thinking, alongside running design thinking workshops for American students visiting Ireland. Responsible for organising, designing and implementing an Innovation summer Boot Camp for senior cycle secondary school students focused on developing problem solving and creative thinking skills. Co-taught undergraduate modules on creativity and entrepreneurial thinking, alongside running design thinking workshops for American students visiting Ireland. Responsible for organising, designing and implementing an Innovation summer Boot Camp for senior cycle secondary school students focused on developing problem solving and creative thinking skills.



Philips

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Learning Specialist

  • Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

  Worked as part of Philips University to develop the informal and formal learning architecture to ensure the market introduction process was embedded within the Health Systems business. Simultaneously ran a problem solving analysis to determine how to develop more lean ways of working among Philips University as a whole. Worked as part of Philips University to develop the informal and formal learning architecture to ensure the market introduction process was embedded within the Health Systems business. Simultaneously ran a problem solving analysis to determine how to develop more lean ways of working among Philips University as a whole.



Riverside educational foundation

• United States
• Education

• Faculty Member

  • Oct 2011 - May 2015

  Desigined and implemented a unique sports curriculum for the school based on leadership and teamwork development. The program, title 'Coaching', created a more inclusive idea of sports, where attitude and respect were valued more than physical strength or sporting ability. Students would run sessions themselves, challenged by their coaches to create more innovative games that would help the class as a community and encourage equal participation by all. Simultaneously responsible for teaching classes at GCSE and A level in Global perspectives, social entrepreneurship, English language and English literature. Show less



Suas Educational Development

• Ireland
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  Leading a team of Volunteers in the summer of 2011 to work with one of Suas' partner organisations in Kolkata, Development Action Society. The volunteers will be teaching for 10 weeks in coaching centres and schools affiliated with DAS based in different communities around Kolkata.

• • Sep 2010 - May 2011

  Designing and implementing the Marketing phase for the Suas Volunteer Programme. Recently moved into a fundraising role as a mentor to Volunteers departing in June 2011 for India and Kenya.



Social Entrepreneurs Ireland

• Ireland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Arthur Guinness Fund Project Co-ordinator

  • Sep 2010 - May 2011

  Co-ordinating the application process for the Arthur Guinness Fund. Working in conjunction with the team at Social entrepreneurs Ireland and the corporate social responsibility team at Diageo, Ireland in order to choose 10 candidates to receive substantial and sustained financial and hands on support for their social ventures. Co-ordinating the application process for the Arthur Guinness Fund. Working in conjunction with the team at Social entrepreneurs Ireland and the corporate social responsibility team at Diageo, Ireland in order to choose 10 candidates to receive substantial and sustained financial and hands on support for their social ventures.



MIT

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Organizer with the International Development Design Summit

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2010

  The International Development Design Summit is a 5 week conference that brings together over 70 participants from over 20 countries, to attempt to create actual prototypes and practical solutions to combat real problems in the developing world. I worked at the summit as an Organizer in 2008 in MIT and then again in 2009 in Ghana. In the summer of 2010 I was both organising and a participant in the more social entrepreneurship based summit in Colorado. Worked on the SEED(Small Engines for Economic Development) venture, developing a buisness strategy and model for more affordable, more efficient diesel engine pumps aimed at farmers at the bottom of the pyramid in rural Bangladesh. Show less