GROWTHhub

Entrepreneurial Ambassador - Graduate Research School

Dr. Francis (Fran) Behan is a certified Innovation professional (IAOIP) who has spent nearly 40 years in industry building businesses globally and implementing innovations processes with a fortune 500 US company. Fran is a freelance consultant based in Ireland and the US.

Recently Fran was the European Business Development Director for the Emerging Innovations group at Corning Incorporated, a diversified US materials innovator in the Glass, Ceramic and Optical Physics markets.

Fran is an alumnus of the DIT, School of Physics and he holds a PhD from the TU Dublin, School of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, as well as an MBA from the Open University in the United Kingdom. Fran was an Associate Editor with the International Journal of Innovation Science (IJIS) from 2017-2022.

Fran has spent his career in front of customers globally and led innovation teams in a corporate environment where the early understanding of a market needs, and technical solution offerings were assessed to facilitate decisions on whether to add them to the corporate innovation portfolio or park them for future use. Fran holds 4 issued patents based on his time in industry, matching technology to innovations in the market place.

When not working Fran enjoys running, golfing and walking in the local hills. He has a particular passion for the circular economy and addressing ways to reduce the materials waste included in current product offerings.

 

A message from Fran on being a TU Dublin Entrepreneurial Ambassador:

Fran is particularly looking forward to working with TU Dublin research students who are interested in building a sustainable competitive offering in export orientated markets. Fran can offer insight and mentoring skills in the explore phase of innovation, assessing the needs of the market and the strategy for the positioning the initial offering to secure revenue streams to support the firm.

 

Book your one to one appointment:

To book an appointment with Fran submit your request here.

 

Innovation and successful innovation process:

Watch our interview with Fran about innovation and successful innovation process.

 

Connection:

Email: Fran.behan@tudublin.ie

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franbehan/

 

The GROWTHhub project is a HEA funded project that is working to build student entrepreneurship competences by linking with the TU Dublin entrepreneurship ecosystem.