UCD’s Innovation Academy has appointed Dr Johnny Ryan as executive director.
In his new role Dr Ryan will take responsibility for the execution of the strategic mission and expansion of the Academy, and management of core operations including staff, programmes, and commercial operations.
Prof Suzi Jarvis, founder and Academic Director, UCD Innovation Academy, said: “The purpose of the UCD Innovation Academy is to provide a transformational educational experience for the betterment of Irish society and economy. Johnny has an excellent international reputation for innovation and flexible strategic decision-making. We are delighted that he is joining the Academy at this critical time as we rapidly expand our entrepreneurial activities both here and abroad.”
Dr Ryan joins the Innovation Academy UCD from The Irish Times, where he held the position of chief innovation officer.
Since joining The Irish Times in 2011, Dr Ryan established a multi-million euro Big Data R&D programme intended to give The Irish Times’ newsroom a competitive edge in delivering insight to the reader. This programme sees the newspaper work with the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, UCD, NUIG, Science Foundation Ireland, and Enterprise Ireland to push the boundaries of data science. He also introduced tech start-ups inside the 156-year-old newspaper to develop new digital experiments. These initiatives have since been duplicated by other media leaders around the globe.
Dr Ryan said: “In the two and a half years with The Irish Times I have had the privilege to work on, as well as lead projects that introduced radical change. I now have the opportunity to bring the incredible dynamism of the Innovation Academy to help businesses to tackle the changes needed to further provide the Irish economy with a competitive edge in the global market.”
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