Shane Curran

Shane Curran is an experienced Management Systems Consultant, Lead Auditor, Lecturer and Tutor with over 20 years’ experience designing and delivering training programmes internationally and more than 30 years’ experience working with ISO certified Management Systems.

Shane has extensive expertise across Quality, Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety, Laboratory and Medical Device Management Systems.

Alongside his consultancy and active auditing work, Shane lectures in Quality Management and Auditing & Risk Management at the Technological University of the Shannon. He also has more than 10 years’ experience as a National Expert involved in the development of ISO standards, bringing both strong technical knowledge and practical experience to his training.

Areas of Expertise

Management Systems
Quality Management
Auditing & Risk Management
ISO 9001
ISO 13485
ISO 14001
ISO 45001
ISO 17025
ISO 27001
Internal & External Lead Auditing
Medical Devices
EU MDR / MDSAP
Process Validation

Tutor Quote

Two quotes from W. Edwards Deming stand out to me as fundamentally true in professional life "A bad system will beat a good person every time” and “Where there is fear, there will be wrong figures”.

The former is particularly important when auditing management systems, auditors need to recognise we are auditing a system, not people. The latter relates to the importance of psychological safety for workers, who perform best when they feel secure enough to ask questions, share new ideas and admit mistakes without dreading punishment. Blaming individuals instead of improving the flawed system can create a toxic culture of fear and defensiveness.

Areas of expertise

This tutor delivers programmes in the following areas:

Fact

Shane loves to cook, and it started almost by accident. While studying for a Masters, a guest lecture by Thomas Berry (a famous Cultural Historian & Environmental Thinker) on the links between food production, carbon emissions, and climate change completely changed how Shane thought about what he ate — he went vegetarian not long after, back in 1995, and has stuck with it ever since. Having to figure out what to actually cook is what turned him into someone who genuinely loves the process of cooking.