Past Judges
All submissions to the Operational Excellence Awards are judged by an independent panel of recognised and distinguished judges, drawn from academia, business and broader related sectors.
Vview a sample list of our past judges below.
Brian Coll
Lecturer, Quality & Lean Six Sigma, Atlantic Technological University - ATU Sligo
Cormac Mac Donncha
Vice President, Thermo King Europe, Middle East & Africa
Pauline Found
Emeritus Professor, Lean Operations Management, University of Buckingham & Lecturer, Logistics and Operations Management, Cardiff University
Enda Giles
Head of Manufacturing, Dawn Farm Foods
Steve Giles
Head of Operations Consumer Foods, Aurivo Co-op Ltd.
Prof. Graham Heaslip
Head of School of Engineering, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
Shane Horgan
Site Leadership Team, Viatris API Little Island Cork
Miriam Keogh
Head of Supply Chain & Continuous Improvement, Dawn Farm Foods Ltd.
Dr. Olivia McDermott
Lecturer, Regulatory Affairs & Lean Six Sigma Quality Management, NUI Galway
Ed Murphy
Senior Economic Advisor, Invest Wexford
Ann-Marie O’Keeffe
Operational Excellence Specialist, Laya Healthcare
Seamus O’Reilly
Senior Lecturer, Cork University Business School, UCC
Michael Phelan
Head of Operations & Supply Chain Excellence, Glanbia Co-op
Patrick Quinn
Head of Operations, Cheshire Ireland