EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

Title : VP Transition & Transformation

Location : Bristol , UK

Ciara Mullan began her career as a Research Fellow at McMaster University in Ontario , Canada , where she first started enjoying working on technological innovation . After a couple of years there she moved back to the UK and into industry , working on customer facing programmes for HP . She then moved into IT and worked on the delivery of multi-million pound technology programmes across various industry sectors .

Throughout her career Mullan has worked on delivering programmes , particularly focusing on customer delivery , but says her current role as VP for Transition and Transformation is “ really taking it to another level ”, working with customers across different geographies and cultures .

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Mullan describes herself as having an open mindset , whether it ’ s being open to challenging the business , to getting the ideas from colleagues and her team , learning and moving on quickly , and having an agile , flexible approach .

Rather than manage people she believes in leading and guiding people through the business and steering them in the right direction . “ It ’ s about moving away from management and being pragmatic , thinking of the big picture and being objective in what we need to do . Get the right people in and let them do the right job .” technologymagazine . com