Dara O’Connor has been appointed as Kainos’ Dublin-based lead solution architect. He will take a lead role in setting Kainos’ technical direction and strategy as well as the creation of technical standards and guidelines. In addition, O’Connor will manage Kainos’ third-party supplier relationships. A computer science graduate from Kevin Street DIT, he also holds a masters in information technology for strategic management from Staffordshire University. O’Connor has over 11 years’ experience in the IT industry, spending over seven and a half years with Fujitsu Services as customer solutions architect.
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