My research interests center around the areas of software and performance engineering, privacy engineering, complex and distributed systems, cybersecurity, and data analytics.

My research has mainly focused on optimizing the performance of enterprise software systems and the effectiveness of software development teams, with a special emphasis on performance testing and the development of realistic test environments. Recently, I have also gotten involved in secure software development, with a special focus on privacy preserving and cybersecurity. So far, my work has produced:

• 4 USPTO patents
• 30+ publications in international peer-reviewed venues
• Over €200K of funding as principal investigator

I also have 5+ years of experience managing research collaborations between industry and academia, as well as preparing research proposals and progress reports for European and Irish funding schemes. This includes contributing to successful grants such as:

• SFI Research Centre
• SFI Industry Fellowship
• Marie-Curie Research Fellowship
• IRC Postgraduate Scholarship
• EI Innovation Partnership Programme
• TU Research and Innovation Supporting Enterprise (TU RISE) Scheme

I am an experienced IT practitioner currently working as a Lecturer in Computing at the Technological University Dublin (TUD) in the School of Enterprise Computing and Digital Transformation. Before that, I have been a researcher, software engineering manager, and software engineer in different organizations such as Rapid7, Infosys, and General Electric.

My experience highlights are:

• 20+ Years of Experience (YoE) in software development/DevOps.
• 15+ YoE in project management.
• 15+ YoE in business analysis.
• 10+ YoE in research.
•   5+ YoE in data analytics.

I am a member of the following professional organisations:

• The International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2)
• The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
• The Project Management Institute (PMI)
• The High Performance, Edge And Cloud computing (HiPEAC) network. 

I hold 4 professional certifications in project management and IT service management:

• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
• ITIL V3 Foundations
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

I hold 6 professional certifications in several software-related disciplines:

• ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTF)
• Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP)
• IBM Certified ILOG Application Developer
• Sun Certified Java Web Component Developer
• Sun Certified Java Programmer

I hold 3 professional certificates in data science:

• IBM Professional Certificate in Data Science
• IBM Professional Certificate in Python Data Science
• IBM Professional Certificate in Data Science Foundations