Career timeline

Professional Timeline

My journey in healthcare interoperability, technical architecture, and software development

  1. Project

    Astro Evidence Portfolio Rebuild

    Personal portfolio

    AI-assisted development workflow

    Rebuilt the portfolio as a static-first Astro evidence portfolio, using structured content, SCSS, and AI-assisted development workflows to make professional work easier to review.

    Focus Astro portfolio, documentation, and AI-assisted development

    Key Responsibilities

    • Structured portfolio content around projects, case studies, blog posts, and timeline milestones
    • Used VS Code with Copilot/Codex-style assistance to iterate on implementation, documentation, and visual polish
    • Kept the site static-first, accessible, and suitable for a professional technical architecture audience

    Notable Achievements

    • Created a clearer evidence portfolio for healthcare interoperability, standards learning, and applied software projects
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  2. Certification

    openEHR & HL7 FHIR Technical Course

    Better (openEHR & HL7 FHIR collaboration)

    Certification

    Completed comprehensive technical course on openEHR and HL7 FHIR interoperability

    Focus openEHR and HL7 FHIR interoperability

    Notable Achievements

    • Completed final assessment demonstrating expertise in openEHR and FHIR integration
    • Understanding of dual-model archetype approach and FHIR resource mapping
    • Practical knowledge of openEHR-FHIR interoperability patterns
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  3. Project

    Medical Imaging and Reports Interoperability

    Portfolio and Xt-EHR learning

    Healthcare standards analysis

    Explored medical imaging and reports interoperability use cases through evidence-based analysis of imaging report information models and related European healthcare standards work.

    Focus Medical imaging and reports interoperability

    Key Responsibilities

    • Analysed imaging report model requirements and healthcare reporting use cases
    • Connected practical portfolio work with European interoperability themes
    • Documented findings in a way that supports technical review and future implementation

    Notable Achievements

    • Extended the portfolio story beyond Patient Summary into imaging and reports interoperability
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  4. Project

    Django, REST APIs, and Angular Experiments

    Portfolio projects

    Full-stack development practice

    Developed portfolio experiments around Django, REST API design, authentication patterns, and front-end integration, building toward more complete healthcare application architecture.

    Focus Django, REST APIs, and front-end integration

    Key Responsibilities

    • Practised API design and service-layer thinking through Django-based portfolio work
    • Explored front-end integration patterns relevant to Angular and API-backed applications
    • Documented implementation choices, deployment notes, and reusable architecture patterns

    Notable Achievements

    • Built stronger links between backend API design, front-end workflows, and healthcare interoperability scenarios
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  5. Project

    FHIR Patient Summary Prototype Work

    Portfolio projects

    Healthcare interoperability prototype

    Created prototype work around FHIR Patient Summary bundles, healthcare APIs, and practical validation workflows for standards-based data exchange.

    Focus FHIR Patient Summary and healthcare API prototyping

    Key Responsibilities

    • Worked with FHIR Patient Summary concepts and bundle-oriented data exchange
    • Explored practical API workflows for creating, managing, and validating healthcare data
    • Used portfolio projects to make standards learning visible and reviewable

    Notable Achievements

    • Connected hands-on Flask/Python development with FHIR Patient Summary implementation patterns
    PythonFlaskFHIRAPIsDocumentation

  6. Project

    CDA, XML, JSON, and FHIR Standards Learning

    Portfolio learning

    Healthcare data standards

    Built learning material and small demonstrations around CDA, XML, JSON, and FHIR to strengthen practical understanding of healthcare data formats.

    Focus Healthcare standards learning through practical examples

    Key Responsibilities

    • Explored how JSON and XML structures support healthcare API and document exchange
    • Connected CDA and FHIR concepts with practical examples for technical and non-technical readers
    • Created documentation-focused portfolio content for standards learning

    Notable Achievements

    • Strengthened the standards foundation behind later Patient Summary and interoperability work
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  7. Project

    Python and Flask Portfolio Foundations

    Portfolio projects

    Full-stack portfolio development

    Developed early portfolio applications using Python, Flask, file handling, API calls, and simple deployment patterns.

    Focus Python, Flask, APIs, and practical utility apps

    Key Responsibilities

    • Built small, focused web applications around practical data and file-processing tasks
    • Used Flask and Python to practise request handling, templates, and lightweight application structure
    • Documented each project so the implementation could be reviewed as part of a wider portfolio

    Notable Achievements

    • Established a foundation for later healthcare API and FHIR-focused prototypes
    PythonFlaskAPIsDocumentation

  8. Project

    Early Technical Learning and Full-stack Practice

    Self-directed learning

    Technical learning

    Built confidence through self-directed full-stack learning, small utilities, documentation habits, and practical software delivery patterns.

    Focus Full-stack learning, documentation, and practical delivery

    Key Responsibilities

    • Practised breaking technical ideas into small, working applications
    • Built habits around documentation, project structure, and readable implementation notes
    • Started shaping portfolio work around evidence rather than only finished outputs

    Notable Achievements

    • Created the foundation for later Python, Flask, Django, and healthcare interoperability projects
    PythonFlaskAPIsDocumentation

  9. Present

    Dublin, Ireland

    Work Current

    Technical Architect

    Health Service Executive (HSE)

    Technical Architect - Healthcare Interoperability

    Leading technical architecture for Ireland's MyHealth@EU National Contact Point and European Health Data Space initiatives, establishing FHIR-based cross-border healthcare data exchange

    Focus MyHealth@EU and European Health Data Space architecture

    Key Responsibilities

    • Technical architecture lead for Ireland's MyHealth@EU National Contact Point (NCP) for eHealth
    • Contributing to Xt-EHR Project (European Health Data Space) across WP6.1, 6.2, 7.1, and 7.2
    • Design and governance of HL7 FHIR implementation across HSE systems
    • Leadership of API strategy and integration architecture
    • Stakeholder engagement with European eHealth standards bodies and EHDS working groups

    Notable Achievements

    • Active contributor to HL7 Europe Medication Prescription and Dispense FHIR Implementation Guide working group
    • Testing and evaluation of National Medicinal Product Catalogue (NMPC) API - national medication management infrastructure using SNOMED CT
    • Central Terminology Server (CTS) evaluation - FHIR terminology service for SNOMED CT and Irish clinical reference sets
    • Established FHIR as primary integration standard across HSE systems
    • Contributing to four Xt-EHR work packages (WP6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2) for EHDS implementation
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  10. Dublin, Ireland

    Work

    Senior ICT Analyst | CSE Operation

    Health Service Executive (HSE)

    ICT Analyst for the National Service Desk

    Led and supported national ICT account management processes within CSE Operations, with a focus on bulk account setup, service request management, reporting, process documentation, and post-cyberattack recovery support.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Led a specialist group of 6 analysts responsible for bulk account setup work within NSD Account Management
    • Acted as team lead for breached service requests, supporting a wider group of 16 analysts
    • Developed, documented, and improved bulk account setup processes used by the team
    • Supported project activity including the Health Performance Visualisation Platform (HPVP) rollout programme
    • Participated in technical and process discussions with PMO workgroups, HSE sponsors, third-party vendor teams, voluntary organisations, and hospital groups
    • Supported post-Conti Cyber-attack recovery work, including account setup processes for the National Children’s Hospital groups and Voluntary Hospitals
    • Prepared progress reports, tracked team workload, delegated tickets, and acted as an escalation point for ticket-related queries
    • Hosted learning workshops for colleagues on bulk accounts, Section 38/39 account processes, and related request types
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