John Kelleher

County Leitrim, Ireland Ireland

Head of Computing & Creative Practices

Education

As Head of Department within the School of Engineering & Design, I manage the delivery of 10 programmes across computing, creative design, fine art, performing arts and writing & literature. The dept welcomes almost 600 students and comprises over 40 staff. I co-founded Appsolo in 2010 to take years of teaching and test it in the 'real world'. Appsolo develop cutting edge line-of-business bespoke applications in Microsoft development platforms and supporting open-source solutions. I sit on the board of the Western Development Commission, a statutory body tasked to promote both social and economic development in the Western Region. At IT Sligo, I held programme chair for Software in ...