Richard is Director of Innovation at DCU and CEO of Invent DCU Ltd the technology transfer and innovation centre. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he is an electronics engineer with extensive international commercial experience. He has been co-founder and CEO of several successful start-up companies in the telecommunications sector. At DCU he is responsible for research commercialisation through collaboration with business partners and for support for spin-out companies.

About Invent DCU

Invent is DCU’s Innovation and Enterprise Centre based on the main DCU campus. Our mission is to work with both external companies and our researchers to promote innovation, knowledge transfer and commercialisation of DCU innovations through licensing and start-up companies. The team at Invent provide the critical link between the university and business and help entrepreneurs to identify suitable translational research opportunities, consultancy expertise and contract research options.

A vital part of our work is to identify opportunities for partnership between DCU and industry through state funded innovation partnerships.Invent promotes and encourages industry sponsored PhD programmes, student placements and industry sponsored post-doctoral fellowships availing of financial incentives from Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council. Invent also provides business incubation facilities, entrepreneurship training programmes and a range of supports for start-up technology businesses.