About Me

Academic Background

Education

Masters in Computer Science (First Class Honours) from University College Dublin, reflecting both a strong academic grounding and applied expertise in computing and advanced technologies.

Lecturing

Lecturer in higher education since 2015 across private and public institutions; currently at TU Dublin (since 2021) teaching network security, cloud architecture, and enterprise networking.

Student-Centric Approach

• Won the student-led Teaching Hero award in 2021 for inspiring and supporting students to achieve their potential.
• Focuses on creating engaging, industry-relevant curricula

Professional Certifications

Greg consistently updates his skills through certifications, demonstrating his commitment to staying relevant in the rapidly evolving tech world:

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – Earned three times (2010, 2017, 2021).
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) - Enterprise Core (only).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (2018)

Industry and Leadership Roles

• Worked for over six years in roles like IT/network services engineer and pre-sales consultant.
• Contributed as an AWS Educate Ambassador, helping to integrate cloud computing education into academic curricula (2019–2021).
• Served as a Course Tutor, Student Success Lead and Assistant Head of Department in higher education.

Research Interests

Cloud computing (Infrastructure as Code), Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network security.