H01Trinity College Dublin
3×
First-class honours, three times
BA · BAI · MAI
A Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master’s in Electronic & Computer Engineering, each with first-class honours, the Master’s with distinction.
σ1About
Engineer, scientist, product lead.
Cian holds advanced degrees in computer science, engineering, mathematics and leadership. His path runs from R&D robotics at ABB, through World Economic Forum Lighthouse work in Industry 4.0 manufacturing, to leading enterprise AI integration as a Senior Manager and Product Lead. A Lean Black Belt and MENSA member, he is committed to mentoring the next generation where technology meets business.
σ2Experience
The career, plotted.
2019 to today: robotics in Switzerland, design innovation across three continents, and data and AI leadership in Europe.
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2023–PresentDublin
The Coca-Cola CompanyLive
Senior Manager, Product Lead, Reporting & Analytics Europe
- Leads end-to-end analytical product teams, integrating AI and analytics into business and marketing processes.
- Developed generative AI solutions and standardised reporting and marketing analytics across European markets.
- Built AI architecture roadmaps; oversees data engineering on Azure Synapse and runs innovation workshops.
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2022–2023Dublin
The Coca-Cola Company
Senior Data Engineer
- Architected pipelines from Google Analytics 4, Facebook Ads and DV360.
- Automated data flows and deployment with CI/CD on Azure Data Factory and GitHub.
- Designed scalable dataset architectures for global analytics on Synapse and Databricks.
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2020–2022Ireland & global sites
The Coca-Cola Company
Data Scientist
- Co-led the Data Science Centre of Excellence supporting a WEF Lighthouse Industry 4.0 certification.
- Delivered IT/OT Industry 4.0 diagnostics at manufacturing sites on several continents.
- Built pipelines, machine learning models and dashboards; led Lean and Six Sigma workshops for senior stakeholders.
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2019–2020China, Brazil, Ireland
SUGAR Network for Design Innovation
Software Engineer
- A design thinking and innovation project, collaborating with universities around the world.
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TrinityFunded project
Modulem
Software Developer & team lead
- Led a team of eight building a full-stack React application on a Python and Flask API.
- Architected cloud MySQL storage and shipped on Node and Heroku, on time for a Trinity Education Project grant.
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2019–2020Zurich & Turgi
ABB
R&D Embedded Software Engineer
- Developed and benchmarked real-time operating systems and embedded C for industrial robotics.
- Ran performance tests on VxWorks 7, embedded Linux and Xilinx Zynq; researched RTOS kernel synchronisation.
σ3The climb
Every role, a layer higher.
Scroll, and the career plays in order: each role lights its point on the plot, and the stack lifts the layers it worked at.
σ4The stack
From the kernel to the boardroom.
Cian has worked at every layer of the data stack, from silicon to strategy. Scroll, and the signal climbs it.
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L6
AI product & strategy
Generative AI solutions, AI architecture roadmaps and standardised reporting across European markets.
- Generative AI
- AI roadmaps
- Product governance
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L5
Analytics & machine learning
Machine learning models and interactive dashboards for production transformation; co-led a Data Science Centre of Excellence.
- Machine learning
- Dashboards
- Six Sigma
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L4
Data engineering
Pipelines from Google Analytics 4, Facebook Ads and DV360, automated end to end with CI/CD; scalable datasets for global analytics.
- Azure Synapse
- Data Factory
- Databricks
- PySpark
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L3
Industry 4.0 & IT/OT
IT/OT diagnostics at manufacturing sites around the world, supporting a World Economic Forum Lighthouse certification.
- IT/OT
- I4.0
- Lean
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L2
Full-stack software
Led a team of eight building a full-stack web application with a cloud data store, delivered on time for a funded Trinity project.
- React
- Python / Flask
- MySQL
- Node
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L1
Embedded & real-time
Benchmarked real-time operating systems and embedded C for ABB’s industrial robotics, down to kernel synchronisation primitives.
- Embedded C
- VxWorks 7
- Embedded Linux
- Xilinx Zynq
σ5Honours
On paper, and on the pitch.
fig. 3 · a Galton board
Chance sorts most of us into the middle.
Drop enough balls through a field of pegs and they pile into a bell curve. MENSA admits only those who score in the top two per cent: the far right of it. That is where Cian sits.
- Dropped
- 0
- In the top 2%
- 0
- Share
- 0.0%
H02Industry 4.0
WEF Lighthouse
World Economic Forum
Contributed to the Industry 4.0 Lighthouse certification of a manufacturing site in Ballina, recognised by the World Economic Forum.
H032022–23
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
University of Limerick
Lean Systems, Leadership & Change Management, focused on operational excellence and process improvement.
H04MENSA
MENSA UK & Ireland
Member · AI SIG
A member, and an active contributor to MENSA’s AI special interest group on the societal, ethical and technical side of AI.
H052024
Olympic Torch Bearer
The Olympic torch relay
Chosen to carry the Olympic flame in 2024.
H06Ireland
Masters swimmer for Ireland
World & European Masters
Competes for Ireland at World and European Masters level.
H072023
Gaelic football
County Mayo Championship
Competing at county championship level in Gaelic football with Mayo.
H08Certified
Applied Machine Learning
Algorithms
Certified in applied machine learning algorithms, alongside a Higher Diploma in Engineering Mathematics.
σ6Education
Trinity, three times. Limerick, once.
Trinity College Dublin
Electronic & Computer Eng. · Distinction
Master’s, first-class honours. 2015–2020.
Trinity College Dublin
Electronic & Computer Eng. · First
Bachelor of Engineering, first-class honours.
Trinity College Dublin
First-class honours
With a Higher Diploma in Engineering Mathematics.
University of Limerick
Lean Systems · Black Belt
Higher Diploma in Lean Systems, Leadership & Change Management. 2022–2023.