Ultan is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Science at Waterford Institute of Technology. His main areas of research focus on the use of smart digital technologies to reduce food waste across the supply chain. These technologies facilitate informed decision making across all stakeholders and enable the adoption of proactive flexible supply chain management. Such systems are deployed using a variety of vision and environmental monitoring technologies. He actively engages with technologies and initiatives nationally and internationally which aim to address the challenges associated with food security.
He has spent many years working across a variety of supply chains both in Europe and the USA. He holds a PhD in Biosystems Engineering which investigated the feasibility of incorporating Ultra High-Frequency Radio Frequency Identification (UHF RFID) for Item Level Food Supply Chain Traceability. His MBA focused on UHF RFID and the EPCglobal Network as an Organisational Competitive Tool toward a Sustainable Competitive Advantage within the modern-day organisation.