DCU restructures Centre for Software Engineering
25 March 2003

Following a review of the operations of the Centre for Software Engineering at Dublin City University, the board of directors took the decision to restructure the company and give it an extended role in the context of serving the continuing needs of the software marketplace.

Under the restructuring, Mr Michael O'Duffy has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and has taken a significant stake in the company. Mr O'Duffy has been with the Centre for Software Engineering for over ten years and has played a crucial role in identifying industry trends with a view to supporting software companies in their strategic and technical development.

Dublin City University remains actively committed to supporting the Centre for Software Engineering and the important role it plays in providing a range of high level consulting services to senior management in the software sector in Ireland. In addition to the industry training, CSE will continue to work on a one-to-one basis with individual companies and to provide specialist programmes such as the upcoming Software Project Management Programme.

The University is particularly keen to expand the services of CSE into new markets and to develop closer links between the academic schools and CSE. DCU is pleased to announce that the Chinese Government, through the CITEF agency, has named the CSE as the preferred supplier of IT training to industry. The first group of Chinese IT professionals will arrive in Dublin next month. In addition, the DCU Business School will participate in the delivery of training services to Iran and, in another agreement, CSE has formed an alliance with UK consulting company, Corus, to jointly provide training services to the Iranian national steel industry.

For further details contact:

Eilis O'Brien
700 5217 or 087 205 7125
or Michael O'Duffy
Centre for Software Engineering Ltd
Dublin City University
Dublin 9
Tel 01-700 5427 or 087 654 4544
Fax 01-700 5605
Email admin@cse.dcu.ie
Web www.cse.dcu.ie