SEMICON Europa 2016

Chris Keely
Senior Business Development Manager
Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Research and Innovation Office


Chris Keely brings 20 years of experience working in and with, technology-focused multinational and indigenous Irish companies in the areas of new business generation and industry/academic engagement. In his current positon as the Senior Business Development Manager at the Office of Corporate Partnership and Knowledge Exchange (OCPKE) at Trinity College Dublin, he champions and is responsible for the successful delivery of the college’s industry strategy; enabling and supporting the linking and commercial exploitation of academic research with industry. Whilst working in industry, Chris has led large-scale international programmes in product development, advanced materials engineering, manufacturing technologies integration and reliability engineering. Chris graduated with a first class joint honours degree in Physics and Mathematics from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He continued his professional education at Trinity College and was awarded a PhD in Experimental Physics in 1996. Chris is a passionate advocate of the use of technology in society and of lifelong learning.

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