I retired from employed professional life on July 1, 2025. I still pursue my research interests in cognitive robotics and enactive cognition, but I also spend time hill-walking and cycling.

I went to school at St. Luke's National School, Cork, Ireland, until 1969, and then Midleton College, Co. Cork, Ireland, until 1975. We recently had a 50 year reunion.
I graduated with B.A. and B.A.I. degrees in engineering from Trinity College Dublin in 1979, and joined Westinghouse Electric as a software engineer. I completed a Ph.D. at Trinity College Dublin in 1985 and was elected a Fellow in 1991.

Over the past forty-six years, I had the privilege of working for some great organizations in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Russia, and USA, most recently Carnegie Mellon University Africa, Rwanda, where I headed the Robotics Lab and taught several courses on robotics and cognitive systems.

I am a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland, Life Senior Member of the IEEE, co-chair of the IEEE RAS Technical Committee for Cognitive Robotics, an associate editor of Cognitive Systems Research, and a series editor of Cognitive Systems Monographs published by Springer.