Summary
Oisín Cawley is a Lecturer in Computer Science at South East Technological University Carlow with a PhD in Software Engineering and an MBA, blending academic research with two decades of hands-on software development and management experience. He researches software engineering for regulated industries, particularly applying Lean and Agile practices to medical device development, while teaching subjects from distributed systems to advanced programming. Before academia he spent 17 years in industry, rising to Global IT Applications Development & Support Manager and delivering ERP/CRM and bespoke manufacturing solutions across Germany and Ireland. Known for bridging rigorous regulatory thinking with practical delivery, he combines classroom pedagogy with real-world process improvement expertise. Based in Carlow, he retains a practitioner mindset informed by long-term involvement in both research centres like Lero and operational enterprise systems.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Knockbeg College Carlow
MBA, MBA at Dublin City University
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at University College Dublin
Ph.D., Software Engineering, Ph.D., Software Engineering at University of Limerick
German