Owen O'Connor

Biography:

Owen is an experienced cybersecurity leader and part-time PhD candidate at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

Owen's research focuses on the career experiences of cybersecurity practitioners, using the academic framework of sustainable careers. His specific focus is how cybersecurity professionals envision and construct sustainable careers. He is exploring this in a qualitative fashion, through interviews with experienced practitioners.

Professionally, he has over 25 years' experience in cybersecurity, spanning technology, financial services, biotech, and consulting. He currently serves as a managing director in the global cybersecurity team at State Street, a leading global financial services firm. Prior roles included Salesforce, where he built and led teams in incident response, forensics, and cloud security, and founding a cybersecurity startup dealing with online content as forensic evidence. He is active in the cybersecurity community and serves as a director for .IE, Ireland's top-level Internet domain.