2026-2027 Programme Participants
Harriet O'Boyle
BSc, PgDip
harriet.oboyle
bioinnovate.ie
Harriet O’Boyle is a clinical-commercial leader with over 16 years at the intersection of frontline patient care and medical device commercialisation. She spent eight years as a Critical Care and Cardiac Catheterisation Nurse across Ireland and the UK, navigating the pressures of high-acuity environments where device limitations, workflow inefficiencies, and unmet clinical needs are felt most acutely. Harriet transitioned into MedTech commercialisation seven years ago first as a Clinical Specialist and then as an Account Manger. Here she led national account strategies for a global medical device manufacturer, managing complex portfolios across public and private hospital groups.
She validated product-market fit through clinician-led trials, displaced incumbent suppliers, and negotiated procurement pathways, earning European Rookie of the Year for first-year sales and margin performance. Her dual fluency — deep clinical empathy paired with commercial rigour — uniquely positions Harriet to identify needs that others often overlook and translate them into scalable solutions that are clinically relevant and commercially viable. At BioInnovate, Harriet joins driven to apply the needs-led innovation process to discover and de-risk solutions that genuinely improve patient outcomes within the realities of healthcare.
