Kathryn worked as a software developer in the electronic transactions services industry prior to returning to full-time education to obtain a PhD in Adaptive eLearning for Grid Computing. She has subsequently been involved in several research projects within TCD including the EGEE, ICEAGE, EMI and StratusLab FP7 projects, before joining the DRI team in 2012. Kathryn has worked with digital repositories for eLearning and Learning Objects and has extensive experience as a software developer.