Finbar Dolan was most recently Managing Director of Arc Devices Ireland and was previously Director of Operations for Lake Region Medical and has held senior executive positions in Product Development, Research and Development, Engineering and Operations Management in the Medical Device and Chemical Industries over the past 20 years, notably with Lake Region Medical, Medtronic, CR Bard and the Dow Chemical Company. Finbar has a proven track record in product and technology R&D and delivering enhanced people and organizational development strategies to support R&D, Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement and was part of Lake Region Medical's Senior Management Team which was the first medical device company to receive a Shingo Award for operational excellence in Europe. He is a former Director of the Irish Research and Development Group, a former Chair of the Irish Medical Device Industry Association’s R&D group and the Technology Commercialization subgroup of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland. Finbar is also a past Chair of Engineers Ireland’s West Region Division and its Biomedical Division. He has also served on the Engineers Ireland’s Executive and Council. A Chartered Engineer, Finbar holds degrees from Athlone Institute of Technology (BSc), Trinity College Dublin (PhD), and the National University of Ireland, Galway (MBA) complimenting his strong background in materials science, manufacturing engineering research and operations within the biomedical device industry