Derry has served as the Founding President of John Paul the Great Catholic University (JPCatholic) since its beginnings in 2003.
Prior to JPCatholic, he worked at the University of California, San Diego from 1997 to 2009 where served on the Executive Board of the Center for the Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT). Prior to UCSD, Dr Connolly spent 15 years working in industrial Research and Development with IBM and Kodak.
Derry holds 8 US patents and has numerous technical publications.
Derry has a passion for students and teaching. At JPCatholic he teaches Business Model Innovation, Entrepreneurial Thinking, Global Cultures, History & Politics as well as Science, Technology & Culture.
Derry and his wife Lidy have five children and a growing number of grandchildren.
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