Kevin Mahony
Research Fellow, Group Lead UX & XR Research at Nimbus Research Centre
Ireland
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Top SchoolKevin Mahony is a Research Fellow and Group Lead in UX & XR Research with over 15 years of experience translating human-centred design into funded research and industry impact across Ireland and Europe. He leads UX and XR strategy at Nimbus Research Centre, managing 50+ Enterprise Ireland and EU projects that help startups and SMEs adopt immersive, IoT-enabled solutions in education and healthcare. As co-founder and CDO of Tip Tap Tap he turned touch-sensing classroom hardware into a practical learning platform, blending ethnographic research, usability testing and LCMS design to improve engagement. Kevin combines hands-on multimedia and 3D animation roots with rigorous academic training (MA, Media Design) to bridge creative prototyping and scalable research programmes, often guiding projects from concept storyboards to real-world trials. Notably, his work focuses on making novel XR interactions usable and measurable for non-expert users, ensuring research translates into commercial and pedagogical value.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Media Design, Masters, Media Design at Munster Technological University
Github Skills (5)
fetch6
javascript4
dropbox3
idp1
java1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
KeithMahony/Fetch-
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Third Year Project - General dropbox for any files related to Fetch!
Contributions:32 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 1 month
dropboxfetchjavascriptthird-year-project
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