Following an early career in engineering management in shipbuilding and offshore construction, and then in academia, Prof. Paul Coughlan became a full-time doctoral student at the University of Western Ontario, Canada (now the Ivey School). On graduation, he joined the operations management faculty of the London Business School (LBS). From LBS he moved to join Trinity’s Business School and has built its foundations in operations management and product development management. Between 1994 and 2007, he was a Director of Magnetic Solutions Ltd, which started as a Trinity College campus company.