Iain Checkland
Head Of Development at GingerEdTech
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolIain Checkland is a seasoned development leader with 14 years of experience building and managing learning technology systems across Hong Kong's education sector. Currently Head of Development at GingerEdTech, he combines deep technical expertise in Moodle, PHP, and MySQL with hands-on program leadership honed over eight years as Learning Systems Project Director at the English Schools Foundation. His career includes senior roles shaping virtual learning environments and ICT strategy at King George V School, giving him rare end-to-end fluency in pedagogy-driven product delivery and operational IT. Holding a DPhil in Computer Science from the University of York, he pairs research-level rigor with practical delivery—often translating complex educational requirements into scalable, maintainable platforms. Colleagues value his ability to bridge technical teams and educators, and he quietly favors pragmatic, data-informed solutions over flashy tooling.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil, Computer Science, DPhil, Computer Science at University of YorkGithub contributions (1)
drcheckers/moodle-block_quickstructure
May 2012 - Feb 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 9 months
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