Space woman: Sarah Bourke of Skytek

Sarah Bourke has put Skytek’s paperless reference system onto the International Space Station. Now a major deal with insurance giant Aon will allow the worldwide tracking of marine assets

Dr Sarah Bourke Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Dr Sarah Bourke

From: Terenure, Dublin 6

Family: married with four daughters

Favourite TV show: Game of Thrones

Hobbies: working out in the gym

With a name like Skytek, it beggars belief that no one has mentioned to Sarah Bourke before that her company’s moniker is oddly similar to Skynet – the artificial intelligence system hell-bent on eradicating the human race in the Terminator franchise.

“No, we don’t get that often,” Bourke ...