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Josef Tugwell

Josef Tugwell

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Director at ePower

  • Education

    • St Johns College, Cork

      2008 - 2009
      FETAC Applied Science

    • University College Cork

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Electrical and Electronics Engineering First Class Honors

    • University College Cork

      2013 - 2014
      Master’s Degree Master of Engineering (MEng) by Research, Electronic Engineering, Bio-medical Device Design Honours

      Research and design of new medical devices with my thesis focused on the design, development and pre-clinical validation of a minimally invasive electropermanent magnetic device for reduced risk intra-abdominal surgery.

  • Experience

    • Self Empoyed

      Jul 2000 - Feb 2008
      Plasterer

      Plastering contractor with up to four employees, specializing in bespoke and unusual designs. Projects included:- Cork County Hall.- Cliffs of Moher Visitor Center. - Multiple restaurants and bespoke homes.

    • EMBL

      May 2012 - Sept 2012
      Research Engineer

      Member of the Boulin research and development group.Responsible for developing a prototype system for automatically injecting microscopic fruit fly embryos. Facilitated this development using NI labview, Ni vision assistant, analogue circuit design and mechanical design.

    • Smudge - Hardware Developers

      Sept 2013 - Jan 2015
      Co Founder and CTO

      Smudge provided professional development services and strategic partnership opportunities for hardware orientated entrepreneurs and SMEs.In late 2014, Smudge Hardware merged with Wishbone Studios to form Ayda Technologies.

    • University College Cork, Ireland (UCC)

      Sept 2013 - Sept 2014
      Research Engineer

      Design and validation of novel biomedical devices.

    • Thalman Health

      Dec 2014 - Sept 2018
      Co Founder and Product Lead

      Wearable multi-patent pending technology for continuous vital sign monitoring

    • EPower

      Jun 2019 - now

      • Technical Director

        Jul 2023 - now

      • Technical Manager

        Jun 2019 - Aug 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Divemaster

      PADI

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Josef Tugwell
      OrangeFab Startup Incubator Orange Telecom Jan 2016 Selected out of 100s of applicants from all over the world.
    • Awarded to Josef Tugwell
      Ireland's Best Start-Up Richard Bruton, Irish Minister fro Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Dec 2015 Awarded to Ayda (now Thalman Health) after just 10 months in existence.
    • Awarded to Josef Tugwell
      Highway1 Hardware Startup Accelerator PCH International Jun 2015 Selected out of 100s of applicants from all over the world.
    • Awarded to Josef Tugwell
      Title of College Scholar University College Cork, Ireland 2013 Award solicited due to exceptional examination results obtained each year from 2010 to 2013
    • Awarded to Josef Tugwell
      John F. Burke Perpetual Award for Bio-Medical Innovation University College Cork, Ireland 2012 Developed novel algorithm with multidisciplinary team to aid radiation dose reduction during X-ray CT scanning of patients.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Plasterer

      Issued by Chernobyl Children International on Jan 2005
      Chernobyl Children InternationalAssociated with Josef Tugwell