Frank Madden

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Frank Madden is the founder and CEO of Crest Solutions. Frank is a renowned expert in the field of vision engineering and it is against this background that he founded Crest Solutions in 1998. Frank has built the company through hiring the brightest talents in the field and has been a committed advocate of constant innovation through investment in research and development. Frank is dedicated to making Crest Solutions a leading vision engineering solutions provider to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries worldwide and leads the sales function within Crest Solutions, in addition to his role as CEO.

Frank has a background steeped in manufacturing for the electronics industry in Ireland and internationally. Prior to founding Crest Solutions, he played an integral part in the team responsible for manufacturing at Apple Computers in Ireland. He has also worked in an engineering and manufacturing capacity at Concurrent Ltd. and Alps Electric.

Frank is a graduate in Electronics Engineering and has studied in both Cork and Sligo Institutes of Technology. Frank received the 2009 Genesis Alumni Award which is presented annually. The award pays tribute to an Alumnus of Genesis who has made substantial achievements in their commercial field or has contributed in a significant way to the economic development of knowledge based businesses in the region.

Paul Browne

Vice President of Operations

Paul Browne is Vice President of Operations at Crest Solutions. Paul is responsible for the design, development, implementation and support of the company’s solutions.

Paul has been a member of the management team since he joined Crest Solutions in 2006. Paul’s wealth of experience in the delivery of mission critical solutions to the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries is reflected in the excellence of delivery for which Crest Solutions is renowned.

He has held a number of senior positions in industry, in manufacturing, engineering and research & development with a number of leading organisations including Apple Inc.  Paul is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the Cork Institute of Technology. 

Crest Solutions in the Community

Sales Engineer Noel Culbert explains a machine vision vial inspection system to students. 

This visit to Crest Solutions Applications Laboratory by students from Colaiste an Phiarsaigh in Glanmire, Cork in November 2010 was organised in conjunction with Science Week 2010 which builds linkages between educational institutions and industry in Ireland.

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