Lorraine Byrne
Glasnevin,Ireland
Summary
A senior leader with over 20 years' experience managing the interface between Science and Business within academic and corporate environments.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work history
Executive Director, Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research Centre (AMBER)
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin
2016.02 - 2026.02
- Senior leadership responsibility for all non-scientific aspects of the AMBER centre, an organization of 90 academics investigators, 150 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers and 34 professional staff across 10 academic institutions.
- Senior Management responsibility for AMBERs 34 professional staff including administrative, financial, project management, funding diversification, facilities, technical, commercialization, business development and communications personnel.
- Definition and execution of the Centre's strategic plan, delivering on its ambition to become an internationally leading materials science research centre and securing long-term funding from Irish exchequer, non-exchequer (EU), and industry sources. Successfully oversaw the execution of the current phase of AMBER. During this period, the Centre doubled in size, expanded its national footprint, and sustained an international reputation for scientific excellence, achieving cumulative research income of €40M from the Irish exchequer, €50M from non-exchequer sources, and €23M from industry.
- Management of relationships with key senior stakeholders, including funding and enterprise agencies, government departments and senior management of Trinity College and partner universities partners, to ensure alignment and buy in to the centre strategic planning cycles.
- Leadership of strategies for engagement with industry on collaborative research projects, engaging with C-suite level stakeholders from Irish based and international companies to showcase the AMBER value proposition to the company to drive future sustained investment.
- Established AMBER's international presence by expanding strategic international partnerships with similar centres and partner associations in parallel to the implementation of an international funding diversification strategy.
- Oversight of AMBER's governance structure including acting as the Secretariat to the Board, Chairing the Executive Committee and overseeing the operational committees within the centre
- Representing AMBER nationally and internationally and advocating for the centre and its academic investigators.
Technology Strategist – Security and Anti-counterfeit
Hewlett Packard Inkjet Supplies Ireland
2014.01 - 2016.01
- Leadership for strategy and associated technology roadmap for secure authentication of HP Inkjet supplies.
- Leadership of a cross-discipline team of cryptographers, software engineers, circuit designers and business analysts across multiple HP divisions in Ireland, US and Singapore in to develop and implement technology solutions which protects Hewlett Packard's $6Bn Inkjet Business from counterfeit products
- Provided direction to Hewlett Packard Executive Management team up to Vice President level on appropriate technology investment informed by business intelligence to deliver on this business objective
Master Technologist – Emerging Technologies Research and Development
Hewlett Packard Inkjet Supplies Ireland
2011.10 - 2014.01
- Lead a multi-disciplinary R&D team focused on developing technology and business innovation for Hewlett Packard with the goal of adding incremental revenue of $50M - $100M over 3 years
- Implementation and management of the consumer inkjet innovation funnel process across the Irish and Singapore based engineering teams.
- Led strategic engagements with academic partners with respect to research scope, alignment to business priorities, investment strategy and funding opportunities
- Leadership of 3-year scientific research program in the area of nanomaterial based sensor development with academic partners at Trinity College Dublin. This collaboration was co funded by Science Foundation Ireland to a cumulative value of $3.5M.
Senior Member of Technical Staff – Product and Technology Development
Hewlett Packard InkJet Supplies Ireland
2004.01 - 2011.09
- Technical leadership, program management, team and future strategy development for research team working in the area of printed and flexible electronics.
- Acted as senior scientist on the programme team which resulted in filing 6 patents as the lead author.
- Implemented a successful collaborative research program with Trinity College Dublin in the area of Carbon-based nanomaterials for transparent conductor technology funded by Science Foundation Ireland.
- Represented HP on a multi partner research consortium funded by the European Union Framework 6 program on the development of multicomponent metal oxide materials for display applications (Multiflexioxides)
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Test and Failure analysis group
Hewlett Packard InkJet Supplies Ireland
1998.01 - 2004.01
- Senior Technical lead for the chemistry, analytical, failure analysis and test laboratories onsite.
- Lead chemist for reformulation of HP's largest selling black pigmented ink in order for it to comply with emerging environmental regulations.
- Leadership of root cause investigation and resolution teams for manufacturing and product quality related issues, including leading qualification process for any engineering changes prior to market release.
Forensic Scientist
Department of Justice, Ireland
1996.01 - 1998.01
- Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Suspected Controlled Substances, production of technical reports for use in Criminal Prosecutions and appearance as an expert witness in court cases when required
Education
Professional Diploma - Artificial Intelligence for Business
UCD Professional Academy
Certificate and Diploma - Company Direction
Institute of Directors of Ireland
Postgraduate Certificate - Nanotechnology
University of Oxford, Continuing Professional Development Centre, UK
UKPh.D. - Chemistry
Dublin City University
Dublin, IrelandB.Sc. - Analytical Science
Dublin City University
Dublin, IrelandSkills
- Coaching and developing staff
- Influential negotiating
- Leadership mentoring
- Board relations
- Organisational leadership
Affiliations
- Institute of Directors of Ireland
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- European Association of Research Managers and Administrators
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Policy & Advisory Roles
- Member of Impact 2030 R&I Policy Advisory Forum, Chaired by Minister Lawless
- Member of working group of EU Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative – IAM-I, informing the upcoming Co-Pror
- Propose a €500 million public-private partnership under Horizon Europe (2025–2027) to fund cutting-edge materials development.
- Support production & skills
- Patents
- Patent US 7,737,006 Lorraine Byrne, Eugene Cahill, Paul Colfer, Phil Keenan, Niall Stobie, Electronic Components. (Granted June 2010)
- Patent 8390077 B2 Lorraine Byrne, Kevin Dooley & David Fitzpatrick; Fabrication of Integrated Passive Electronic Devices on Plastic via Self Aligned Templated Electrodeposition, (Granted January 2013)
- Patent US 8,575,025 B2 Lorraine Byrne, Kevin Dooley & David Fitzpatrick. Templated Circuitry Fabrication (Granted Nov 2013)
- Patent US 9,410,911 B2 Lorraine Byrne, Kevin Dooley, Richard Coull, Graeme Scott. Structure and Method of Making (Granted August 2016)
- Patent US 9,631,291 B2 Lorraine Byrne, Kevin Dooley, Graeme Scott, Pat J Reilly. Controlling Dimensions of Nanowires (Granted April 2017)
- Patent US 9,780,028 B2 Lorraine Byrne, Kevin Dooley, Roger McQuaid, Liam Cheevers, David Fitzpatrick. Interconnects through Dielectric Vias (Granted Oct 2017)
Timeline
Executive Director, Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research Centre (AMBER)
Trinity College Dublin
2016.02 - 2026.02
Technology Strategist – Security and Anti-counterfeit
Hewlett Packard Inkjet Supplies Ireland
2014.01 - 2016.01
Master Technologist – Emerging Technologies Research and Development
Hewlett Packard Inkjet Supplies Ireland
2011.10 - 2014.01
Senior Member of Technical Staff – Product and Technology Development
Hewlett Packard InkJet Supplies Ireland
2004.01 - 2011.09
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Test and Failure analysis group
Hewlett Packard InkJet Supplies Ireland
1998.01 - 2004.01
Forensic Scientist
Department of Justice, Ireland
1996.01 - 1998.01
Certificate and Diploma - Company Direction
Institute of Directors of Ireland
Postgraduate Certificate - Nanotechnology
University of Oxford, Continuing Professional Development Centre, UK
Ph.D. - Chemistry
Dublin City University
B.Sc. - Analytical Science
Dublin City University
Professional Diploma - Artificial Intelligence for Business
UCD Professional Academy