Dr. Raymond Alcorn has spent over fifteen years in research, development, commercialization and implementation of ocean energy from a professional background as a Chartered Electrical Engineer. He progressed from first exposure as an undergraduate electrical engineer, through a PhD and subsequent postgraduate research in the field to spend 4 years in a key managerial and technical role with an Australian based commercial wave energy company. He initially moved back to Ireland to manage its Bluepower Initiative in HMRC, a scheme designed to develop Ireland into an international center of excellence for ocean energy research, technology development, manufacture and deployment. In 2015, Dr. Alcorn spun out a company from UCC, Exceedence Ltd, and as CEO is commercializing techno-financial software for renewables in offshore wind, wave and tidal energy. The company has been involved in numerous ocean energy projects and has helped companies, governments and investors understand and unlock their ocean energy resource potential. He has authored and co-authored several publications in the field, including a book, book chapters and a number of scientific articles, and is a member of IEC Technical Mirror Committee (Ireland), as well as leader of the International Energy Agency's Ocean Energy Systems' Annex III and co-author of its report on the Grid Impact Assessment of Ocean Energy.
