REAL WORLD DELIVERY

We have an excellent track record in digital innovation, sustainability strategy, and skills development across multiple industries. We are also uniquely qualified to facilitate digital and green strategy development, with a focus on building the knowledge and culture that enable successful implementation and outcomes.

PEOPLE, SKILLS AND CULTURE

We develop, coordinate, manage and deliver up/re-skilling initiatives globally and at scale.

We’re engaged in the up/re-skilling conversation at a global level, as nations and regions determine how to achieve greater digitalisation with a future-ready workforce and a lower environmental impact.

DIGITALISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

We partner with you on your digital transformation journey, and through wide team engagement and facilitate the development of unique industry 5.0 strategies plus a roadmap with swift implementation timelines.

Our Digital Maturity and Sustainability Assessment (DMSA) enables businesses and sectors to determine their current and future digital and sustainability states.

The insights gained establish a framework for innovation that addresses sustainability targets, digitalisation and how to engage and empower teams on the transformation journey.

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Our core team combines engineers, scientists, data analysts and programmers. They are driving innovation in real-time process monitoring technologies and AI-based tools to accelerate the green and digital transition of smart manufacturing.

WHO WE PARTNER WITH

SKILLS SPECIALISTS

Innoglobal works with many skills experts from the public and private sectors. Our experience includes working with partners to develop a skills agenda for Sub-Saharan Africa, which incorporated the co-ordination of multiple workshops at a UN and AU-EU level to develop an agreed approach to skills development in a Sub-Saharan Africa setting.

INDUSTRY

We're partnering with 8 of the top 10 global pharmaceutical businesses to develop and deliver digital transformation sustainability and skills strategies.

GOVERNMENTS

We collaborate with numerous research and skills partners at an Irish and EU level to develop and implement research and skills projects. We regularly engage with the EU Commission and lead workshops on Industry 5.0 and skills, to develop pan-EU solutions to capacity building.

INDUSTRY RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

We're closely involved with pharma, food and chemical companies to develop and install Industry 4.0 technologies within their organisations. Through these research collaborations we have gained first-hand insights into global technology and skills challenges.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

IAN JONES

Founder & CEO

Dr Ian Jones is the Founder and CEO of the Innopharma Group. He has worked for the past 25 years supporting high-tech manufacturing (particularly (Bio)pharma and Agri/FoodTech) where he has become a global thought leader on Industry 5.0 and the associated technologies and skills strategies to drive the digital transformation of these key industries. Ian holds a PhD in Process Analytical Technologies from Technological University Dublin and has studied Strategy, Leadership and Innovation at the Harvard Business School, Boston and Accelerated Growth Strategies at Judge Business School, Cambridge, UK. Ian also sits as adjunct Professor within the Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering at University of Limerick, Ireland. Ian is driven by the mission to lead a team of educators and scientists who help people and businesses succeed in hi-tech manufacturing.

SEAN COSTELLO

Director

Sean leads the Technology Division of Innopharma, applying Industry 5.0 solutions to pharmaceutical, food and fine chemical industries. He is responsible for Innopharma’s R&D programme. Sean sits on the Technology Advisory Committee for the Enterprise Ireland/IDA Technology Centre for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Solutions, PMTC and is involved in the SFI Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, SSPC. Prior to Innopharma, Sean was a founder of Medical Device company and University spin-out SlidePath, subsequently acquired by Leica Biosystems, which developed cloud-enabled AI-driven diagnostic decision support and automated workflow solutions for clinical histopathology, pharma drug discovery and drug safety. Sean holds a PhD in Pathology Imaging and Medical Informatics and a BSc in Biotechnology.

DANIELA ANGIONE

Research & Grants Officer

Daniela is responsible for research and grant applications in Innoglobal since she joined the company in 2021. As an experienced innovation strategist and evaluator, she leads the analysis of opportunities for research funding and collaborations at a National, European and Global level, and she is in charge of grant writing and management. Her extensive experience as a Principal Lead of research and commercialisation research projects is witnessed by the several awards won as an individual recipient of National and International Research Grants, and by the private investment of a Multinational Company for the commercialisation of the technological innovation she conceived and developed. Daniela has been recently elected Chair of the Ambassador to the Member States Group for the Process4Planet (P4P) European Partnership.

NOEL KELLY

Head of Digital Transformation

An engineer with post-graduate qualifications in Applied Finance and Executive and Leadership Coaching, Noel has more than 30 years' experience as a Global Business Leader. Most recently Noel was a Senior Business Unit Director in Jabil Healthcare responsible for a global $200M complex medical device manufacturing business. He has held senior leadership roles with Jabil Healthcare, Nypro Healthcare, Honeywell and Waterford Crystal. Noel is a dynamic passionate and forward-thinking leader, with a strong track record of success. He has led a fast-moving career in Business, Engineering, Operations and Supply Chain, with a proven history in the development and leadership of high-performance teams, to deliver superior performance.

PROSPER ANAEDU

Research & Innovation Specialist

Prosper is a life science specialist, with experience in integrating business and education strategies across medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Adept at leveraging his proven knowledge and experience in medicine, (bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing, process validation and PAT applications to improve drug product quality and regulatory compliance. A strong commitment to research and continuous learning has helped create a dynamic professional keen on digital transformation, operational excellence and process improvement. Prosper holds an MSc in Pharmaceutical Business and Technology, a Professional Diploma in Cyber Security and a Doctor of Medicine.

GARETH CLARKE

Head of Data Science and Analytics

Dr Gareth Clarke is Head of Data Science and Analytics at Innopharma, responsible for the design and development of Innopharma’s Digital Maturity and Sustainability Assessment, as well as being part of the team of internal subject matter experts who carry out the assessments. Having previously held a role as Product Manager for Innopharma’s Multieye₂, an industrial automation sensor, Gareth also is part of Innopharma’s Education Programme Development team, helping to design, develop and deliver course content up to master’s degree programs on data analytics, industrial automation, digitalisation and digital transformation. Awarded a PhD in Clinical Medicine by Trinity College Dublin, his expertise includes nanomaterial and crystal synthesis and characterisation, spectroscopy and chemometrics, crystal structure analysis and refinement, nonlinear optics, colloidal stabilisation, antibody functionalisation, biomedical targeting, cell culturing, automated high-content image analysis, and data modelling.

COLLABORATORS

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

University Limerick, SSPC, Soloman

Innopharma Technology collaborates with many industry-leading research institutions. We aim to improve product quality by maximising process insights and control. We're committed to making pharma, food, and chemical manufacturing and research faster and smarter.

AFRICAN RELATIONS

Bonita De Swardt

Our global effort in enhancing learners' knowledge, skills and competencies associated with the concepts of the smart factory and the evolution of life science manufacturing, is substantiated by the collaboration with Dr. Bonita De Swardt from the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO). In this collaborative partnership, which sees contributions from the UK NEwton Fund, DARA Big Data and AIMS, we will bring our expertise in up/re-skilling by delivering a Digital Transformation Course in Cape Town for STEM graduate students.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Process4Planet Aspire

We are committed to being active players within the European industrial ecosystem, to accelerate and scale up the twin green and digital transformation. Our work with the European Public Private Partnership Procee4Planet/ASPIRE is validated by our presence in the Advisory and Programming Group as Chair of the Ambassadors to the Member States and as a member of the Impact Panel.

INNOVATION GROUP

Lighthouse Disruptive Innovation Group

InnoGlobal is supporting the Lighthouse Partnership in Disruptive Technologies, a cluster of Irish manufacturing companies, service providers and state agencies who have come together to leverage core competencies and best practices within the group in order to accelerate the transition of current operations to Industry 5.0. InnoGlobal is completing a structured Digital Maturity and Sustainability Assessment (DMSA) of the manufacturing sector collectively for the purposes of developing local (site level) and national strategies to develop a digital transformation strategy.

Governments

National Government Ireland

Since 2010, Innopharma Education has collaborated with the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to develop, manage, coordinate and implement up/re-skilling programmes for the (Bio)Pharma, Agri/Food Technology, ICT and Medical Devices sectors. It was the first provider of industry-led up-skilling courses for the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device sectors in Ireland through an ESF-funded Labour Market Activation Fund in 2010. Using a public-private partnership model, it successfully transitioned unemployed engineers, scientists and architects from the recession-impacted construction sector into sustainable employment sectors. This model has now been expanded to include more than 18 programmes, leading to awards across the European Qualifications Framework at Levels 6 to 9 and delivered to learners and industry sectors regionally across Ireland.

TECH PARTNERS

Horiba

HORIBA Instruments Incorporated, a part of the HORIBA Group of worldwide companies and a supplier of preeminent analytical equipment, announces an exclusive distribution in the Americas with Innopharma technology of Dublin, Ireland. HORIBA will distribute the Eyecon2TM, a direct imaging particle analyser. The Eyecon2 was built to endure the rigorous standards of the pharmaceutical industry but can measure powders, and bulk solids flow in such diverse areas as the food, chemical, agricultural, cosmetics, and veterinary industries.