Western People* Monday, 4 May 2015 Page: 15 Circulation: Area of Clip: Page 1 of 1 14166 17500mm² Ballina-born LiamQuinngetsnew accoladeto stellarcareerDell BY ORL4 HEARNS been named Dell Inventor of Year for 2005,2007and 2014. BALLINA man Liam Quinn is Liam also represents Dell on celebrating yet another unprecedented various boards, alliances and accolade in his long and groups dealing with global hugely successful career with the regulatory and policy matters leading computer corporation, relating to spectrum. He is the Dell. member of a number of Having been promoted last year engineering advisory boards in to Dell Fellow - one of just six in several US universities as well the entire company - Liam was and was adjunct professor at the recently promoted again to Dell Dublin Institute of Technology, Vice President and Senior Dell the University of Texas and Texas Fellow. State University This latest promotion is a Already a published author on unique achievement among technicalDell Vice President and Senior Dell the subject of networking, Mr engineers and represents Quinn is currently writing a book Fellow Liam Quinn. the pinnacle of the engineering on his current focus which is the discipline within Dell and in electrical and computer Internet of Things - whereby bestows Mr Quinn with the engineering in Dublin and, following household appliances like fridges responibility for setting the a period lecturing and working,and other devices can become technical vision for Dell as well as moved from Ireland to the US connected to the internet. But the executive leadership team. were he attained a Masters degree Liam, who regularly returns A son of the late Bernard and in computer engineering and was home to Ballina, maintains that Betty Quinn of Creggaun, ultimately recruited by Dell in the key to his phenomenal Ardnaree, Ballina, Mr Quinn was Austin, Texas. international career has been the educated at Bofield National He has been with Dell for over foundational elements of a great School and graduated from 18 years now and holds over 100 education and family, in Ballina Vocational School in 1976. granted and pending US and particular, the principles that He went on to obtain BSC degrees international patents. He has also were instilled by his parents.