Cloud is coming mainstream in 2023, and I hope Hybrid dies a death. In a education sector that is struggling on so many fronts, we need to simplify edtech environments for schools and trusts so they can benefit from great strides in technology made since the pandemic. Even if the Read more…
I knew 2022 was going to be a year of big change for me, as I started my new role with Concero as their new Chief Technology Officer on 1st January. Starting a new role was something I hadn’t done for 10 years, any movements in my previous role were Read more…
Today was a good day, and that is, in itself, a reason to celebrate. Specifically, today was a good day because I spent a few hours in a school, talking about what the company I work for does, and why I enjoy it. The careers fair, at Alcester Academy was Read more…
I wrote a post a few years ago on the fact there is a staffing crisis in edu IT – and I think the situation has only got worse since I wrote that post. In fact, I’d say we are now at crisis point, thanks to the pandemic, the explosion Read more…
For a while now in EdTech we have seen many tools move to the cloud, some claiming to have moved to the cloud (and are really just a cloud hosted version, not a SaaS) and anything with the word cloud in it has been welcomed as a bit of a Read more…
I completed a boot camp with the Concero crew in the Easter holidays, it was a great day of getting to know the team, and training – but in the introduction I asked a direct question of them – that I had asked myself after watching a tiktok late one Read more…
Apologies for the click bait headline! Over the last few months I’ve been busy settling into my new role at Concero. It’s been great to meet so many new schools, and being part of so many new conversations around delivering digital transformation for schools. Whether that be around hardware and Read more…
This week saw me start my new role as Chief Technology Officer at Concero UK. After over 9 years with my previous employer the decision to move to a new role in a new company, and my first ever fulltime role outside of schools and trusts, was a big jump. Read more…
On January 1st, I start in my new role at Concero, after 9 years and 9 months of my previous role at Lourdes IT and it’s predecessors, I wanted to share what a fantastic time I have had since starting the role – with a little bit of history and Read more…
For the last 16 or so years when I have worked in Edu-IT I have always used a helpdesk, of various qualities – but always used one. Since running my own team over the last 10 years, it has been the center of our workflow. Constantly tweaked and improved to Read more…