Yvonne O Byrne
Yvonne O'Byrne, Business Development and Project Manager, Ibec
Yvonne O' Byrne is a Business Development and Project Manager working in Ibec, across both the Irish Medtech Skillnet and the Manufacturing Engineering and Polymer Technology Apprenticeships. Since joining Ibec in May 2023, Yvonne has worked closely with industry and relevant stakeholders on the development of new Skillnet and apprenticeship programmes and the management of funded research projects. Most notably, Yvonne was commended for her work on the development of the recently published Irish Medtech Skillnet report, 'Talent to Thrive: The Future Skills Report for Ireland's Medtech Sector 2024-2028'. Yvonne has over 5 years' experience with managing complex projects, having previously worked with the V-LINC expert research group in Munster Technological University (MTU) on a wide variety of EU funded projects.
Yvonne also has a keen interest in public health and in 2022, she successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled 'Project Spraoi: The implementation and outcomes of a process evaluation of a school-based health promotion intervention'. In addition to her work achievements, Yvonne is also an accomplished ex-international hockey player and world cup silver medallist, who represented Ireland at the 2018 World Cup.