Dr. Pat Cunneen
Pat Cunneen joined Analog Devices in June 1976 as HR Manager as part of a small start-up team. While his Analog career spanned 26 years, his first 12 years was directly involved in the leadership of the Irish business including recruitment, people development and organisational culture. Subsequent AD roles included HR manager at the then largest AD site in Wilmington Massachusetts and later was appointed Director of HR for the newly created Worldwide Manufacturing Organisation. He has a B.Comm from UCD, an MBS from UL, was a Fellow of CIPD (UK), an Adjunct Professor of Strategic HR at the University of Limerick and has published 3 books.
Join Dr. Pat Cunneen presentation at AVIC 2023 "From green-field to global semiconductor producer - the Analog Devices Limerick story"
Abstract: With the ratification of the EU Chips Act which invests €43b in the semiconductor sector, many countries including Romania are anxious to nurture and grow the industry from a relatively small base. This talk provides a real-world example of how Ireland attracted one of the major players in analog circuit design - Analog Devices – to establish its first European operation there. At the time Ireland was an agricultural economy with no expertise in semiconductors, but nonetheless the enterprise was successfully established, and would prove to be the catalyst which has turned Ireland into one of the major semiconductor powers in the EU today. The key challenges and success factors in the project are discussed in detail.