Chief Operating Officer, Darina Kneafsey
Darina is the Chief Operating Officer, and as such is responsible for the strategic management of the College’s support services. She chairs the Senior Administration Management Group, and is also a member of the College’s Senior Executives Group.
Previously, Darina has experience as a Business and Industry executive with notable achievements in the high technology industry. She has extensive senior management experience in large multi-national corporations, with a track record in operational excellence, cost leadership, change management and organisational development.
Darina has worked across organisations to promote diversity in the workplace. She has also set up academic relations programs. She served on external boards including Engineers Ireland and the Board of The Institute of Technology, Tallaght.
Previously Darina worked for Intel Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation, encompassing a number of roles including Operations, Supplier and Service Management, and Product/Process Engineering. Subsequently, she founded and was a managing partner in a business working with start up and existing organizations, focused on various sectors such as education, research, transportation, tourism, software and technology.