Team

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Lisa Vaughan

Lisa Vaughan graduated from NUI Galway with a Bachelor of Commerce and has a Masters in International  Relations from Dublin City University. Prior to joining Tipperary Energy Agency, Lisa was a Director in Engineers Ireland and Divisional Manager in Enterprise Ireland. Lisa is a Chartered Director and is a Non-Executive Director of Bord Iascaigh Mhara since 2016.She is Chair of  both the Audit and Risk committee and the Training and Development Committee of BIM. Lisa was Board Chair of Work Equal, a social enterprise working with women to support economic independence for five years until 2020.

Building Services Engineering Manager

John Hassett

John Hassett has 12 years’ experience in the building services industry. He has extensive experience in building services design and project management, building performance & the built environment, maintenance and compliance and building & plant modernisation.  He also has considerable experience working in existing builds, upgrading existing building services systems to improve performance outcomes. John leads the building services and energy engineers in the Non-Residential team who provide detailed technical services to the non-residential and commercial sector for renovating and new build M&E services. He has completed projects in a broad range of industry sectors and has gained an in-depth knowledge of the regulated industry and associated standards.

Email: john@tippenergy.ie

Senior Building Services Engineer

John Hayes

John Hayes has 12 years building services industry experience. He started with the Agency in 2019, after returning from Perth Western Australia, where he spent 8 years working for a HVAC contractor as a Project Manager. John has extensive experience in design, value engineering and project management of HVAC systems for projects in the commercial, health care and education sectors. As a Senior Building Services Engineer within the non-residential team, he is involved in the design and delivery of M&E projects within the company.

Email: johnhayes@tippenergy.ie

Community and Regional Engineering Manager

Shane Egan

Shane joined the agency in 2022 as Community and Regional Engineering Manager. He holds a degree in Mechatronic Engineering (Honours) from Dublin City University. Shane has 22 years of industrial experience covering technical and leadership in facilities, energy savings projects, manufacturing, project management and equipment design & installation in Ireland and International. He is currently leading the community initiatives in the agency.

Email: shane@tippenergy.ie

Energy Engineer

Enda McGovern

Enda McGovern joined the agency in 2012 and holds a B.Eng. in Automation & Control and a B.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Management. The majority of his work with the agency is focused on energy efficiency in the area of Water and Waste Water Treatment. His responsibilities include Energy Auditing, Project Implementation,  Project Performance Evaluation and Monitoring and Reporting.

Email: enda@tippenergy.ie

Building Services Engineer

Billy Donnellan

A recent graduate of Loughborough University, UK where he studied a MSc in Low Energy Building Services Engineering, having initially studied a B.Tech (Ed) in Materials and Architectural Technology from the University of Limerick. Having just started with the Agency in June 2021, Billy has already gained an insight into lighting design, energy metering, energy auditing and biomass systems.

Email: billy@tippenergy.ie

Building Services Engineer

Aaron Doherty

Aaron Doherty joined the agency in 2020. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Engineering in Energy Engineering from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. His areas of expertise include Solar PV feasibility studies, HVAC Design, Lighting Design, Energy Audits, Energy Monitoring & Targeting.

Email: aaron@tippenergy.ie

Energy Engineer

Dermot Burke

Dermot joined the Agency in 2021 as an Energy Engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Sustainable Energy Engineering from Waterford Institute of Technology. Dermot is an experienced Project Engineer having worked in large scale mechanical projects. He is currently involved in conducting commercial energy audits, feasibility studies for renewable energy projects, energy monitoring and reporting”

Email: dermot@tippenergy.ie

Building Services Engineer

Muthukkavin Senthilnathan

Muthukkavin Senthilnathan has 12 years of experience in energy efficiency, energy saving projects, plant operations and maintenance. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics from Anna University, India and he is a Certified Energy Auditor by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India. In Ireland, Muthu has been involved in the Optimising Power @ Work program by Office of Public Works (OPW) for 13 different sites includes public Hospitals, Universities and Defence facilities in his previous company. Muthu started with the Agency in April 2022 as Building Services Engineer. He is currently involved in Energy Efficiency assessments on education buildings in Ireland.

Email: Muthu@tippenergy.ie

Building & Energy Services Engineer

Ajith Kulangara Variam

Ajith Kulangara Variam joined the agency in June 2022 and holds a MSc degree in Sustainable Energy from Technical University of Denmark. He has more than 5 years of experience in the field of energy modelling and performance measurement for commercial and manufacturing facilities. He is also a Certified Measurement and Verification professional. His areas of expertise include energy measurement and verification, HVAC designs, energy modelling and auditing.

Email: ajith@tippenergy.ie

Energy Engineer

Dale Donnelly

Dale joined the agency in August 2022 as an Energy Engineer. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Electronics from the University of Limerick. Prior to joining the agency, Dale worked with Dublin City Council from 2016-2022 as a Graduate Engineer and Assistant Engineer in the Public Lighting Section. . He is currently involved in monitoring and reporting on local authority energy consumption and working closely with Tipperary County Council to identify projects to reduce their energy consumption to meet their 2030 targets.

Email: dale@tippenergy.ie

Marketing & Communications Manager

Catherine Wall

Catherine joined the Agency in May 2013 as the Marketing & Communications Manager. Catherine manages the agency’s busy events and training schedule. She is responsible for all aspects of marketing including PR, social media, digital marketing and the agency’s websites.  Catherine also acts as the marketing manager  for SuperHomes Ireland. SuperHomes is a groundbreaking project designed to being homes to an A BER rating.  More recently, Catherine has worked with Tipperary County Council to organise the hugely successful Energy in Agriculture event attracting 1200 attendees in 2016 and 2500 attendees in 2017.

Email: catherine@tippenergy.ie

Sustainability, Policy & Communications Officer

Orla O’Shaughnessy

Orla joined the Agency in 2018 as the Communications and Project Coordinator. In June 2022, Orla was promoted to the position of Sustainability, Policy & Communications Officer. She is involved in all aspects of marketing including PR, social media, digital marketing, and the agency’s websites. Orla is responsible for coordinating all the training courses being ran by the Agency. She also works on all the European Projects that the Agency is involved in. Orla holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Studies degree from the University of Limerick and an MSc in Climate Change: Policy, Media, and Society from Dublin City University.

Email: orla@tippenergy.ie

Event & Programme Manager

Aileen Hoyne

Aileen has a wide range of Event Management, Project Coordination, Marketing and Client Relationship Management experience having worked in this field for over 20 years. Previous roles include Operations Manager and Conference & Events Management for Campus Life, University of Limerick, and Call Centre Manager for Momentum Marketing, Clonmel.

Since joining Tipperary Energy Agency in December 2014, Aileen has worked on Public Sector Programme Supports and Event Management (including organising the Annual Public Sector Energy Conference) on behalf of SEAI. She was also coordinator of 2 Better Energy Communities projects and a pilot Superhomes scheme in 2015. She currently acts as SEAI’s Group Sector Coordinator for the Local Authority and Health Sectors.  She also plays a key role in planning and organising Energy in Agriculture each year.

Email: aileen@tippenergy.ie

Office Manager

Marita Maloney

Marita joined the agency in 2022 as the Office Manager.  She has over 15 years of administration experience in Office Management, Accounting and Payroll.  Marita is responsible for all the office procedures and day-to-day running of the office.

Email: marita@tippenergy.ie

Accounts Assistant

Mairead Cooney

Mairéad joined the Agency in July 2022 as Accounts Assistant.  She was previously employed by Ulster Bank and Tipperary County Council.  Mairead studied with the Institute of Public Administration and holds a BA in Public Management.

Mairéad looks after the day-to-day processing of the Agency’s accounts, banking and EU project management as well as undertaking administrative duties and assisting the Finance Manager and Office Manager.

Email: mairead@tippenergy.ie