About

Dave A. Barry, Chartered FCIPD

Strategic Talent Management Thinker, Speaker and MC, Founder & Chief Connection Officer at Conexion.ie®​

A human resource management postgraduate of University College Cork, after initial roles in travel and retail Dave joined global biopharmaceutical Eli Lilly in 1999 for thirteen years across human resources, lean six sigma and finance.

Keen to diversify via leading in other sectors, Dave left Lilly in 2011 and following a telecoms project role joined cybersecurity leader Trend Micro in 2013 as head of HR – EMEA operations centre/Ireland and interim southern Europe.

Passionate about strategic talent management and connecting unjoined dots to achieve same, Dave left Trend in 2016 to management consult in life sciences – including a HR leadership secondment to BioMarin – before establishing organization development and HR consultancy Conexion.ie® in 2018.​

In addition to keynote speaking including through Front Row Speakers, Dave also hosts or moderates corporate, HR and other events, and occasionally teaches strategic people and talent management with UCC.​

Dave Signature Speaking

The organizational series:

1. Join organizational dots, bringing you higher:
- Culture for connection
- Strategy for leadership
- People for Talent​

2. Ensure you always have 'non-accidental' managers:
- The right managers, in the right roles
- Modeling company values throughout
- Continously developing emotional intelligence

3. Achieve your people-first talent management competitiveness:
- Attracting and hiring for speedier productivity
- Managing for optimized business, developing for flexible capability
- Engaging for increased productivity, retaining for reduced turnover

The motivational series:

1. 'Lean six sigma' your development and career  

2. Transform your work and life to sunnier spots

3. The Bring-Me-Joy Scale (watch this space...)

Dave Previous Speaking

- 24 Stories (Cork)

- Alicante Startups

- Bright Horizons (Ireland)

- Cork Chamber Skillnet (onging, also HR MC & Moderator)

- Cork Entrepreneurs Network (recurring)

- Customer Contact Management Association (Ireland)

- Department of Defence (Ireland)

- EmployFlex (Cork)

- Family Friendly Ireland Awards

- International Society of Automation (Ireland, also HR MC & Moderator)

- Irish Institute of Continuing Professional Development

- Local Enterprise Office Cork City

- Local Government Management Association (Ireland)

- Network Cork

- Public Affairs Ireland (recurring)

- Rezoomo (Ireland, recurring)

- Republic of Work (Cork, recurring)

- Saros (Ireland)

- Skillnet Ireland

- The Sweeney Show (Cork)

- Teagasc (Ireland)

Conexion Trusted Associates

- Insights, intelligence and ideas: Colette Quinn at Real Insights

- Careers, coaching and wellbeing: Aideen Shannon at FlexiSmart

- Change, leadership and EI: Anne Marie Crowley at AM Crowley Coaching

- Events, brand and sponsorship: Leigh Gillen at Leigh Gillen Events

Conexion Trusted Providers

- Financial wellbeing: Karen Goodliffe at SurePlan Financial

- Website and support: Łukasz Mądrzak at REDStudio