Marian is an Assistant Professor in Business at Mary Immaculate College (MIC). Prior to this post, Marian worked as senior lead researcher with the Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University, with responsibilities for managing the IVI research agenda. She lead a number of projects associated with the development of a globally adopted IT management framework (IT-CMF) and was co-editor and co-author of ‘IT-CMF: the body of knowledge guide’. Marian has also worked on a number of projects on behalf of the European Commission Directorate General of Enterprise and Industry, specifically in the areas of ICT professionalism and e-skills. Marian has also previously taught in the University of Limerick and was a member of Faculty in Limerick Institute of Technology. She has a First Class Honours BBS in Business Computing, an MSc by research in Information Technology and a PhD, both of which were funded by Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) scholarships. She has widely published in the proceedings of international conferences and in peer reviewed academic journals.