Keith O'Brien

Keith O'Brien currently serves as Senior Expert Business IT at Merck Life Science, a position held since December 2022. Since December 2015, O'Brien has been with Merck Group in various capacities, including BT Country Head / Business Partner for Ireland and Head of Application Management for North-West Europe. Previous roles include Applications Team Leader at Laya Healthcare, where responsibilities involved leading the Applications team to meet organizational technology and communication needs, and Distributed Application Support Manager at Citco Technology Management, managing application teams focused on various technical support platforms. O'Brien's professional journey began in 2001 as a Support Engineer at CITCO, progressing through roles in IT management, application support, and network administration across multiple organizations, including Citco and SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts. Educational background includes studies at Munster Technological University and Nagle Community College.