Staff Profiles

Patrick Magee is the Director of IT Services since March 2017. He is responsible for overall direction of the IT organisation, the maintenance of services to our 17,500 students and 4,000 staff, and the delivery of change programs to enable the university’s strategic priorities.

Prior to joining Trinity College Dublin, Patrick held a number of IT leadership roles with international financial services organisations in Ireland and abroad. He has held positions as CIO for emerging countries; Head of IT Delivery for Europe, Middle East and Africa; and as a Global Delivery Services Executive. Patrick holds a B.SC in Computer Applications from Dublin City University and is on the Board of HEAnet and the Coeliac Society of Ireland, a registered charity.

Dr. Geoff Bradley is Head of Academic Services, Innovation and Digital Platforms in IT Services and is responsible for the delivery of core compute, network, storage and Research IT infrastructure and services to the Trinity community.   

Prior to taking up his current position in IT Services, Dr. Bradley was director of the Trinity Centre for High Performance Computing and Assistant Professor (part-time) in the School of Mathematics where he lectured on advanced numerical analysis.  He has acted as PI or co-PI on research grants bringing in over €25M funding.

Dr. Bradley holds an MBA from the Smurfit Business School, UCD (2010), a PhD in Physics, TCD (2001) and an MSc in High Performance Computing, TCD  (1999).

Ms. Helen O’Hara is Head of Management Services in IT Services and is responsible for Application Design and Development, Programming and Integration, Business Application Support and Business Intelligence services to the Trinity community.

Prior to taking up her current position in IT Services, Ms. O’Hara was Manager of the Student Administration System (SAS) User Support Unit.  She also had management roles in the Student Records and Alumni / Proctors’ Offices as well as in the Office of the Vice Provost.

Ms. O’Hara holds a M.Sc. (Management of Information Systems) as well as a B.Sc. Financial Information Systems

Sara McAneney is Cyber Security Manager in IT Services, where she leads the University’s cyber security strategy and operations. Her responsibilities include information security governance, cyber risk management, incident response, policy development and the delivery of the University’s cyber security awareness programme.

Sara has over 20 years’ experience in IT and cyber security across technical, consultancy and leadership roles. Her career has included software engineering, cyber security consultancy, and senior information security positions, with a focus on leading enterprise security strategy, delivering complex security transformation programmes, and managing organisational cyber risk at scale.

Sara holds a BSc in Economics and Management Information Systems from Queen’s University Belfast, as well as professional certifications including CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), and Certified Data Protection Practitioner.