John Boland
John Boland is the Chief Executive Officer of HEAnet, Ireland's National Education & Research Network. He was appointed to this position in October 1997 when HEAnet was incorporated as a limited company with its own staff.
Prior to 1997 John worked as Systems and Networks Manager in the Computer Services Department of Dublin City University and represented DCU on the HEAnet Network Management Committee, before its incorporation.
Prior to joining DCU John worked in industry with a number of international companies including Marconi Communications Systems in the UK, Motorola Information Systems in the UK and the US and Westinghouse in Australia.
John holds a B. E. in electronic engineering from University College Dublin and has embarked on an ongoing M. Sc. in Computer Applications.
As CEO of HEAnet John is involved in the development of world-class
Internet services for education and research in Ireland.
Currently John is a member of DANTE's Board of Directors, and represents HEAnet on the NREN GÉANT Policy Committee, a collaboration between the European National Research Networks delivering advanced pan-European research and education networking. He is also a member of the TERENA General Assembly (Trans European Research and Education Networking Association) and on the international task force for Internet2.
