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Dr. Enda Demsey- IMDA
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Presentation Title:
Breaking into the Medical Sector through IMDA SpringboardPresentation Synopsis:
The Medical Device industry has a huge shortage of Quality Engineers despite the increased interest in STEM subjects over the last number of years. Therefore, IMDA Springboard has been running a Quality Engineering programme to convert unemployed Engineers and Scientists to fill this gap.
Speaker Bio:
Enda is a science graduate from Trinity College Dublin. He went on to achieve his PhD from the Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine in 2009 while researching novel anti-malarial therapeutics. He has worked on commercially funded projects with multiple industry and academics partners, publishing the results in peer-reviewed journals. He is currently an executive in the Irish Medical Device Association, a business sector within Ibec. He is responsible for skills and development of programmes for the Medtech industry. Part of his remit is to oversee Springboard funded projects which use targeted training to upskill jobseekers to improve their employability.
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