MrJoe Houghton

Currently Director of Project Management programmes & lecturer at UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business, Dublin, Joe has been full-time teaching project management and other management subjects at Smurfit since 2005. In recent year Joe has become a prolific author with 20 books published on AI in Education, project management, & different aspects of photography.

International Executive MBA graduate (UCD 2004).
Professional Postgraduate Diploma in University Teaching & Learning (UCD 2016).
Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Learning with the UCD Innovation Academy (2020)

MSc in Advanced Digital Technologies with D4B 4-university consortium (graduation expected Dec 2026)
Certified Management Consultant (IMCA)
UCD Faculty Partner (2022-2024)

Experienced Business/IT Manager who has held European and global positions in Software Development, Systems Implementation, Technology Management, & Telemetry Systems Development with multi-nationals including General Electric. Able to manage effectively in a constantly changing environment. Presented at industry seminars in UK, Europe and USA. Created and delivered training courses as part of global project rollouts in Data Management, CRM, MS Office, Windows, Internet Usage & Searching, and many internally developed programs and tools.

Current Chair of the Board at SHINE - one of Ireland's leading mental health charities. Ex-chairman of the Board at Pieta House Centre for the Prevention of Suicide and Self-Harm. Former Board member of The Wheel, and former Lay Minister with St. Andrews Church of Ireland, Lucan. 

Other skills : Change Management; Presentation and Communication; IT Strategy; Business Analysis; Customer Relationship Management; Sales Force Automation; Mobile field force systems. OWner of Houghton Consulting, a Management Training and Consultancy company based in Dublin : www.houghton.consulting .