Meet the Team

Liam Turley is the CEO and Quality Expert at Trinzo and is based in Galway, Ireland. Liam has worked in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry for over 25 years at global leadership positions, including companies such as Tyco Healthcare, Mallinckrodt, Covidien and Medtronic. With experience spanning the United States and the EU, Liam has led global initiatives in the area of medical device and combination products.

Liam is particularly skilled in quality remediation, and successfully leading companies in resolving notified body major/critical findings, 483s, warning letters and consent decrees. With extensive MDR expertise and a strong understanding of the changes and increased requirements that it brings, he has liaised with multiple notified bodies, competent authorities, the FDA, and ministries of health around the globe.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a master’s degree in biotechnology, in addition to a postgraduate diploma in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Areas of Expertise:

• Quality Strategy and alignment
• Quality Remediation
• Use of AI in Quality and Regulatory Processes
• Quality Culture
• Coaching and Mentoring Senior Leaders in Quality, Cost of Quality and Change Management

Carl is a Senior Consultant in Quality & Compliance at Trinzo.

Carl Dover has over 25 years of Quality & Compliance experience, and was Vice President of Quality and Compliance for DePuy Synthes, an Orthopaedic Medical technology division of Johnson and Johnson. In this Quality Leadership role, Carl had direct responsibility for the full Q&C life cycle from Design Quality, Quality Systems, Internal & External Manufacturing Quality, Post Market Surveillance, Distribution Quality and Regulatory Compliance. Prior to this, Carl spent 15 years in Operations and Research & Development.

Carl brings a wealth of senior leadership and strategy experience to Trinzo. He has expertise in the area of quality remediation and has led several companies through successful resolution of notified body critical findings & Hearing Letters, 483s, and Warning Letters. Quality Culture Improvement has always been an integral part of these remediation projects to help sustain Patient Safety & Quality performance outcomes over the long term.

Carl studied Industrial Engineering at Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom alongside a 5-year Mechanical Engineering & Toolmaking Apprenticeship at DePuy Inc.

With extensive experience in Global Operations Strategy and Manufacturing Network Optimisation, François has held multiple leadership roles across international sites.

François retired from Medtronic at the end of 2023 after a 23-year tenure, concluding a career marked by leadership in global operations strategy. Since September 2022, he served as Senior Vice President, Operations Network Strategy, shaping Medtronic’s manufacturing and distribution optimisation efforts. His work prioritised value stream-focused decision-making, strategic partnerships, and comprehensive network and capacity planning. François also led mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures within the Global Operations & Supply Chain, focusing on portfolio adjustments and operational site leadership for divested businesses.

From 2021 to 2022, as Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Network, François managed Medtronic’s 70-site manufacturing network, delivering substantial cost efficiencies, a global digital performance platform, and enhanced employee engagement. Prior to this, he led Active Implantables and Pumps Enterprise Operations, overseeing a network of key global manufacturing sites supporting over 60% of Medtronic’s revenue.

Between 2015 and 2020, François was Vice President, Global Operations for the Cardiac and Vascular Group, driving consistent cost reductions, yield improvements, and digital factory initiatives, and industrialising critical product innovations. Before Medtronic, he spent 15 years at SANOFI, holding multiple operational leadership roles across international sites.
François is currently advisor to A*Star in Singapore, a board member of Compremium AG, a small Swiss start up medical device company, and has set up his own consultancy practice, Marcel Operations Consulting Sarl (based in Switzerland). He received his PhD in Industrial Pharmaceutical Matters from the Faculté de Pharmacie de Tours, a PhD in Quality Control & Quality Assurance from the Institut de Pharmacie Industrielle de Montpellier (IPIM) and completed a Diploma in Finance and Management Studies from the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises (IAE). He has also an MBA from INSEAD Fontainebleau (France).

• Global operation management
• Operation network strategy
• Automation
• Operations performance management
• Drug devices combination
• Senior leadership mentoring and coaching
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Operations excellence and continuous improvement

With a career spanning over three decades, Martin Conroy is the CEO of Telos, a consultancy dedicated to advancing operational excellence (Opex) strategies for global businesses. Formerly with Medtronic for 18 years, Martin held senior roles in operational excellence, ultimately serving as Vice President of Global Opex. As part of Medtronic’s global team, he played a key role in defining the company’s Opex strategy, leveraging partnerships with industry leaders like the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) to drive best practices.

Throughout his tenure, Martin implemented innovative Opex models across Medtronic’s operations, realising significant financial and cultural benefits. He also developed an Opex Academy at Medtronic’s Galway site, providing immersive learning for global employees in systemic improvement. His experience extends to adapting these strategies for smaller sites, ensuring scalability and sustainable impact.

Previous roles in Ireland and the UK include positions in Senior Operations Management, Senior R&D and Engineering Management, business development, and project management.
Martin holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master’s degree in Engineering Science. He is married to Elizabeth, with whom he has five adult children.

Rahul is Head of Enterprise Excellence Delivery at Trinzo, based in Dublin, Ireland. His approach to operational excellence centres around partnership and best-in-class coaching to implement an operating system approach to improvement that transforms an organisation’s continuous improvement capability and yields superior performance results.

Rahul has over 10 years’ experience in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry across Research & Development, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and Human Resources. He is a seasoned lean six sigma practitioner with significant experience in operating system design & implementation, problem solving, coaching, and program management.

Rahul holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA). He is very proud to have coached employees at all levels of various organizations on strategy, scaling, and operational excellence while successfully executing several enterprise-level programs in his career to date.

Areas of expertise:

• Performance Improvement Coaching
• Problem Solving
• Manufacturing and Business Process Transformation
• Lean Six Sigma
• Experiential Learning Program Design & Delivery

Steve is Trinzo’s Quality Centre of Excellence Leader, based in Portugal.

Steve has led large organizations across multiple geographies and has a history of compliance excellence and quality improvement.

Steve has 38 years of quality and regulatory experience in the device and pharmaceutical industries and has worked with Intermedics, Mallinckrodt, Tyco Healthcare, Covidien, Gambro, and Baxter Healthcare, both in the United States and Europe.

Steve earned bachelors and masters degrees in microbiology. Steve’s specific areas of expertise include designing and directing quality strategy, developing quality systems, validation, sterility assurance, vendor assurance, compliance inspection preparation and remediation work, cost of quality and quality metric design, pharmacovigilance, and product surveillance. He has also acted as an EU-authorized person and liaised with all major regulatory bodies globally.

Colm is a quality and regulatory consultant and trainer, with a focus on European medical device and in-vitro diagnostic medical device regulations.

Colm has over 10 years’ experience in a range of areas including clinical laboratories, point-of-care in-vitro diagnostics companies and a European Notified Body. He has held roles as a medical scientist, in point-of-care clinical applications, business development and industry engagement.

Colm works with medical device companies to achieve compliance through strategic planning, supporting the development of compliant technical and quality documentation and assisting with regulatory submissions including handling deficiency responses to notified bodies. He also delivers training on a number of topics including EU MDR, Post Market Surveillance and IVDR. Colm is a graduate of University College Cork, Ireland with a BSc in Biomedical Science and the University of Galway, Ireland with a Dip. in Medical Device Science.

Top skills:

• EU MDR
• Post Market Surveillance
• IVDR

Dr Steve Curran is Senior Regulatory & Quality Expert at Trinzo.

Steve holds a PhD in Clinical Engineering, and has worked as a research engineer, project manager and a regulatory and quality assurance professional. With an extensive background in manufacturing process engineering, medical device design and global regulatory and quality affairs for the medical device industry, he has significant experience managing projects from concept to completion as a senior leader.

His career has been truly global. Steve spent five years in managerial positions, before working as Lead Technical Auditor with a major Notified Body for eight years. More recently, he worked as Head of Regulatory & Quality Affairs at a medical device company, before ultimately spending three years as Compliance Director in the area of orthopaedics.
Steve brings a wealth of experience to this role, with significant involvement in auditing and compliance. He has also presented at a number of international conferences on biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine and has published several peer reviewed papers in these areas.

Top skills:

• Medical device design and development
• Process Validation
• MDR/IVDR technical auditing
• QMS auditing
• Regulatory and Quality Training for Medical & Combination Devices

Miriam is a Regulatory Affairs Consultant at Trinzo and is based on Co. Wicklow.

Miriam has been part of the Trinzo team since April 2022 and prior to that worked in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs within the IVD industry for over 10 years.

Miriam has significant experience with global device registrations, including submissions and competent authority engagement, and regulatory strategy. Her experience includes creation of technical documentation and CE marking of new devices, through to worldwide market registration and conducing regulatory impact assessments. Miriam is a qualified lead auditor and has experience in auditing to ISO 13485, MDSAP, MDR and IVDR requirements.

She is currently studying part-time for a Masters in Regulatory Affairs for Medical Technology with Atlantic Technological University.

Areas of expertise:

• IVDR implementation
• MDR implementation
• Global registrations
• Regulatory strategy
• QMS auditing

Tracey Heneghan brings over two decades of diverse experience within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical device sectors, specializing in Quality Assurance, Technical Editing, and Document Review. As a current QA Document Reviewer at Trinzo, Tracey plays a critical role in the implementation of EU MDR 2017/745. She expertly reviews and edits technical documentation, labels, and files, working closely with R&D, technical teams, and business units.
With extensive experience in quality auditing, GMP compliance, and proficiency in electronic systems like LIMS, Global Vision, and eBRT, Tracey has also honed her skills in laboratory instrumentation, including HPLC, FTIR, and UV spectrophotometry. Her prior role as a Raw Materials Chemist at Baxter Healthcare involved leading raw material testing, developing new product trials, and ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.
Tracey holds a National Diploma in Analytical Science and is skilled in safety audits and internal quality auditing. Her acute attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills ensure seamless execution of complex quality assurance tasks, making her an invaluable asset in regulatory compliance and documentation within the life sciences sector.

Areas of expertise:

• Quality Assurance
• Technical Editing
• Document Review

Valeria supports Packaging and Labelling teams by reviewing, analysing and verifying data in Labelling Attributes Master Plans (LAMP) across an array of technical documentation sources in order to comply with EU MDR requirements. Valeria’s responsibilities also include proofreading pre-production labels, their specification documents and artwork against released LAMPs, as well as our clients’ internal standards and procedures. In the event of discrepancies, Valeria raises clarification requests so that they can be rectified by relevant Subject Matter Expert groups.

Prior to joining Trinzo, she worked in customer-facing roles in the hospitality and service industries. Harnessing her keen eye for detail, Valeria switched to the medical device sector supporting ISO 13485 compliant quality systems in manufacturing at DXC Technology, always striving to create value wherever she goes.

Valeria received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies and a Bachelor of Science degree in Quality for Industry from Atlantic Technological University in Galway, Ireland.

Areas of expertise:

• EU MDR
• Labelling requirements
• Technical editing
• Fluent in Russian

Fionnuala is a Project Analyst at Trinzo, based in Galway, Ireland.

Fionnuala currently supports our clients as a PFAS and EU-MDR Project Analyst. In this role, she harnesses her project management, interpersonal communication, problem-solving and analysis skills, as well as tapping into her first-hand knowledge of the biomedical manufacturing industry.
Prior to this, Fionnuala worked in education and quality assurance auditing, from which she gained invaluable experience in group facilitation and data management.

Fionnuala has lived in the US, Switzerland, and Brazil, and can communicate in German and Brazilian Portuguese. She holds a Master’s Degree in Equality Studies from University College Dublin as well as a Higher Diploma in Sustainability in Enterprise from University College Cork.