After graduating in Industrial Design from NCAD, Dublin at the end of the last millennium, Declan moved to Belfast to work as a designer for Evason Product Design. Tending towards the hands on approach, he enlarged the prototyping capabilities of the company and developed opportunities for manufacturing of designs ‘in house’. Upon appointment as a partner at Evason, Declan assumed total responsibility for this side of the business, eventually incorporating Torc Product Development Limited in 2011 to expand this area of work further. Having developed a reputation for pushing the limits of super soft silicones and polyurethane materials for use in devices for medical training, Torc PD was sold to Trucorp Ltd where Declan is now employed leading the development of their existing and new product ranges.