SmartForce has appointed Dr Ferdinand von Prondzynski, president of Dublin City University, to its board of directors.
Dr von Prondzynski has served as Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hull, England, and as the Head of the School of Business Studies and a lecturer in Industrial Relations at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
He became president of DCU in 2000, and he has begun a major drive to commercialise the university and allow it to become a key driver of Irish economic and industrial development.
Dr von Prondzynski has also been a member of the European Industrial Relations Observatory and plays a key role as a director of the Conference of Heads of Irish Universities.
A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (BA and LLB), and the University of Cambridge (Ph.D.), he is recognised as an authority on employment law and industrial relations with the publication of his book, Employment Law in Irelandand a number of works on European Community law.
SmartForce is the largest e-learning company in Ireland.