Vincent Jordan
Vincent Jordan is the Delivery Director for ICT Services to Acute Hospitals for the Office of the CIO (OoCIO), HSE Ireland.
Vincent is responsible for OoCIO engagement with Acute Hospitals, including aligning ICT strategy, governance and investment
nationally and with hospital groups; sponsoring major ICT developments; and ensuring OoCIO delivers the maximum value to
patients and the taxpayer with the resources available. Since joining the health service in 2003 Vincent has been responsible
for planning, procuring and implementing a wide range of health information system across primary, community and hospital
services. Prior to working in the health system, Vincent worked as an engineering programme manager with Hewlett Packard,
an academic in Trinity College Dublin and a project manager with Oracle.
Prof. Neil O’Hare BSc, PhD, FInstP, CEng, CPhys
Neil is Prof of Health Informatics (University College Dublin) and Group CIO for the Ireland East Hospital Group. This is the largest group of acute hospitals in Ireland with
eleven separate facilities, 2,500 total bed capacity, serving a population of over 1m people and a budget of €1b.
A Physicist by background, he has had a strong emphasis on informatics throughout his career to date including heading up many large implementation projects around clinical
information systems, acting as advisor to the Department of Health and project management of a range of medical equipping projects. In 2007 he took up the role as Programme Lead on
the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Project for the Health Services Executive, Ireland. This is one of the largest single PACS / RIS solution implementations in
the world.
In addition to the above Neil has held academic appointments in Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin with research interests in health informatics, imaging and UV
phototherapy dosimetry. He has over 50 peer reviewed publications and is a regular invited presenter at conferences. He is the current Chair of the Health Informatics Society of
Ireland (HISI).
For linkedin profile click here
Martin Keane
Martin has been IT Manager at the National Maternity Hospital since January 2015 where the current priorities
are the upgrading of its entire ICT infrastructure and improving work practices. Relatively new to the Healthcare
sector, he brings over 20 years IT experience across numerous industries at home and abroad. Most recently he was
IT Director at Four Seasons Hotels, and IT Manager at Marriott's flagship Shelbourne Hotel, where he was responsible
for the migration and installation of all ICT systems during its re-opening in 2007. Previous positions include a variety
of technical and operational roles at the European Commission in Brussels, British Telecom in London, and the European Trademark
Agency (OAMI) in Alicante. Martin graduated with a BComm from UCD.
John Maher
John has over twenty seven years Healthcare related ICT experience having started work as a software developer within Beaumont Hospital. His career saw him move, in a variety of software
development and project management roles, through a number of international Healthcare Software companies such as First Data Corporation, HBO & Company, now McKesson and First Consulting
Group where he worked as a Senior Consultant within the European Health Care and European Pharmaceutical practices.
Moving back to Ireland John headed up software development for Systems
Solutions Limited, developing dispensing solutions for the community pharmacy market in both Ireland and the UK. His current role is that of Head of Information and Technology at the National
Rehabilitation Hospital where he is also responsible for Data Protection, ICT Strategy and Infrastructure Design for their new hospital.
Dermot Cullinan
Dermot Cullinan has a BA in Information Management and a MSc. in
Management of Information Systems (Trinity College). Prior to working in St.
Vincent’s Healthcare Group Dermot worked as a Developer and Project
Manager for two leading health systems providers in Ireland. Since 2002
Dermot has been Director of ICT in St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG)
where he has successfully managed the expansion of services to the
constituent hospitals’ of SVHG. In his Director role, he is tasked with meeting
the Hospital’s strategic and operational objectives through the provision of
high quality information and communication technology. He strives to
facilitate the Group in being an innovator in health service systems through
the technical interpretation of the hospitals ICT needs and objectives. Dermot
has introduced a comprehensive suite of systems and services within the
Group. In recent years, he has managed a drive to become a truly clinically
led ICT organisation with considerable success.
Deidre Hyland
Deirdre has over 25 years’ experience in ICT in Healthcare. In 2009 she was appointed Head of
Information Management Services at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, with
responsibility across all areas of ICT. She manages a dynamic and innovative team, with expertise
in clinical information systems, system development, health informatics and data analytics.
Previously Deirdre studied Healthcare Management and prior to 2009 served as Deputy ICT lead at
the Mater, where she has played a leadership role in positioning the hospital at the forefront of
progressive enterprise and clinical information systems.
She has engaged with a wide network of clinicians, executive leaders and ICT service providers in using ICT as a strategic driver to support the
delivery of patient care. Today the hospital’s advanced ICT systems underpin its clinical and
organisational workflows in supporting those involved in the delivery of healthcare.
She is also certified in Lean Six Sigma and combines these tools with technology to improve
processes wherever possible. She has a keen interest in how data is used and is the appointed Data
Protection Officer for this large university teaching hospital.
Dr. Michael Connolly PhD.
Michael is currently ICT lead for Ireland East Hospital Group (IEHG), he has worked in ICT for over 30 years with Healthcare roles
in Our lady’s Hospital in Crumlin and with Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. Michael has a PhD in Healthcare Informatics from
UCD School of Medicine and undergraduate degrees from DCU. He has completed Lean Six Sigma Green belt and is registered as a Data Protection
Officer. A Prince certified project manager with successful projects delivered in Cloud, Network, Data Centre, IT Security, Infrastructure
design and Software solutions. Prior to working in Healthcare Michael worked with Local Authorities and Leader groups. Michael lectures on
Healthcare Informatics and Clinical research post graduate programs in UCD. His research interests are in the innovative use of ICT to improve
how healthcare is delivered and the role of Healthcare Informatics in understanding complex disease
