DAVID POLLARD

Founder and Director

David lectures in Innovation, Creativity, Design Thinking and Enterprise Development at Tangent, Trinity College Dublin’s Idea Workspace and is a Lecturer of Technology and Learning at the National College of Ireland. He is also the Innovation Manager for the Rehab Group where his work on smart rooms has seen him appear on Forbes.

​

David's initiatives include co-founding and organising Techstars Startup Week Dublin and over 30 national hackathons in the areas of education, health, sustainability, and smart cities.

Now a global facilitator for Techstars, David advises on a number of European Commission projects including European Maker Week and the EPALE adult learning platform. 

David has won global hackathons, most recently winning a fellowship with the Institute of the Future for a platform to support disabled people in employment.