Summary
Michael Rudden is an experienced programme manager with over two decades of technical and leadership experience, currently directing research and development programmes at Tyndall National Institute. He combines a strong engineering background (M.Eng.Sc. and BE in Electrical Engineering) and early hands-on software work since the 1990s with a proven track record managing complex product lifecycles across telecoms, web applications and information security domains. Michael has led cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams to deliver commercial products and research projects, and is comfortable communicating with stakeholders from board level to engineers. Notably, he has been involved in web development since 2001 and shifted into information security work from 2013, reflecting a practical blend of legacy systems expertise and modern security awareness. Based in Raleigh with Irish roots, he brings analytical decision-making and a reputation for quickly adopting new technologies to solve pragmatic business problems.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
M.Eng.Sc., Electrical Engineering, M.Eng.Sc., Electrical Engineering at University College Cork
Italian