Dermot O Neill

Presentation Title:

Irish Centre for Business Excellence (ICBE) — the challenges of staying competitive in Ireland.

Presentation Synopsis:

Staying competitive in Ireland is a constant challenge. This presentation will outline some of the key challenges and what ICBE and its member companies are doing to address these challenges.

Speaker Bio:

MSc Business Administration, Trinity College: Project & Network Manager with the Irish Centre for Business Excellence (ICBE) since 2003, responsible for the successful delivery of its core processes to the network of leading Irish & Multinational companies. During the period of 2006 to 2012 successfully managed the Business Excellence Skillnet and the Innovation & Lean Sigma Skillnet, responsible for the management of all aspects of training, providing value for money & time and ensuring a high standard of training provision through formal and informal channels. During 2008 was an integral part of the foundation of the Innovation and Lean Sigma Federation offering advice and guidance to over 200 multinational organisations in their Lean Transformation Journeys.

Prior to his appointment to ICBE, Dermot worked mainly in senior operational and engineering roles. With 20 years managerial experience in delivering results in excess of targets. Experienced practitioner of Lean and Six Sigma transformation programmes with various organisations.

Dermot’s hobbies include golf, tennis, reading and the odd game of soccer.