Joanne has recently taken up the role of Manager of the Food Industry Training Unit.

Joanne’s passion is in people development and supporting success amongst educators, professionals and the food industry though talent.

Joanne specialises in Training and Development in higher education and has devoted the last 15 years to supporting Human Capital development for early career professionals. This was recently recognised with the award of Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development. She has contributed to national policy on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and her programmes have won training and development awards at the national level.

Joanne has a particular interest in learning and teaching excellence, including developing learning outcomes, assessment methods, course design, accreditation and eLearning components based on competency models. A common theme in Joanne’s work is moving professionals beyond their core subject matter expertise to recognise the depth and breadth of their expertise so that this can be applied in a range of applied areas.

Joanne is the Programme manager for the Diploma in Corporate Direction and the Diploma in Leadership for the Agri-Food Sector.

Maura Conway has managed the Diploma in Food Science and Technology in the Food Industry Training Unit since 1993 and has also been involved in the development and management of other Certificate and Diploma Programmes over the years in Meat Technology and Seafood Technology. Prior to joining FITU, Maura held positions in research and development with the Leatherhead Food Research Association and Kerry Group.

Angela joined FITU as Programme Manager in September 2008. She currently manages the Diploma in Speciality Food Production in UCC and a number of other courses & workshops provided by FITU. She worked for 10+ years in the Food Industry with Kerry Group and Northern Foods in Ireland and with Nestle Canada, in the areas of Product and Process Development, Technical Project Management and Quality Management.

Joe manages the Diploma in Food Manufacturing Management and a number of other courses and workshops. After leadership experience in various high technology industries, he has for the last 10 years worked as a freelance consultant helping organisations improve their innovation and operations performance with specific programmes, many of which involved hands-on project work, programme management and coaching/training of others. He also lectures on operation excellence and supply chain management in UCC

Amy-Jane is the Project Director for foodline UCC and manages the Postgraduate Certificate in Dairy Technology and Innovation. Amy-Jane has a particular interest in food marketing with a focus on digital marketing and communication with the consumer. She continues to engage with Brussels based associations communicating the opinions of health product manufacturers. Prior to UCC, Amy-Jane worked as a communications manager for the European Health Product Manufacture’s Trade Association in addition to other Irish based companies operating within the food and health sector.

Catherine works in Finance in Irish Steel for ten years. She graduated as an Accounting Technician and has experience in credit management, invoicing, bank reconciliations and ledger maintenance. She has worked privately on annual tax returns for small businesses and has been part of the Food Industry Training Unit team since 2015. She is the financial point of contact for Certificate and Diploma programmes.

Vicky joined FITU in July of 2020 as the Training and Learning Manager for foodlineUCC. Vicky’s focus is to help create online and blended learning environments and experiences where individuals can continuously develop to be their best. With a background in Applied Psychology, Coaching Psychology and Learning & Development Vicky worked in the private industry for 13 years prior to joining UCC.

Aoife joined FITU as a Programme Manager in March 2022. She currently manages the Diploma in Food Manufacturing Management programme. Aoife is a graduate of UCC, having both a BComm degree and a Masters in Food Marketing. Prior to joining FITU, she worked for 17 years in the Department of Food Business and Development, Cork University Business School, UCC supporting a number of part-time executive education programmes in the area of lean and supply chain management, as well as a number of taught postgraduate programmes in the area of food business, co-operatives, agri-food, sustainable development and food policy/management.

Clair joined the FITU team in August 2022 and is involved with the administration of the short courses offered through foodlineUCC. Previously Clair worked in the food industry for 30+ years in the area of production management, new product development and compliance with large multinational companies. In recent years she has worked closely with artisan producers in the area of food safety, compliance & 3^rd party certification. 

Nadia joined FITU in August 2022, she is currently managing the Postgraduate Diploma in Diary Technology and Innovation. She is also a PhD candidate in Food Science, in the 4th year of her PhD project. Nadia has a particular interest in food innovation and sustainability.

Bernie joined FITU in November 2020.  Previously, she worked as an Administrator in the BIOMERIT Research Centre, which is part of the Microbiology Department, in UCC.  Prior to this she spent 12 years as Data Analyst in Apple Computer.

Caroline has managed and developed our Taste4Success Skillnet funded Rejuvenate Programme since 2019 and is passionate about supporting talented women return to the workforce. A social science and business graduate, Caroline also has a Masters Degree in Marketing. She has extensive strategic marketing, communications and brand development expertise, gained internationally in senior level roles, including as a Marketing Director with Fidelity Investments in the UK. Caroline began working in UCC in 2017, delivering food related marketing, event management, outreach and CPD programmes. In August 2022, Caroline joined UCC’s College of Medicine and Health as their Marketing and Events Manager.

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