Karen Holland
CPO And Co-Founder at Brickfield Education Labs
Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolKaren Holland is a product and engineering leader who co-founded Brickfield Education Labs to make online learning more accessible and engaging, drawing on over 21 years in software development and 12 years of senior experience. As CPO she directs product strategy and UX-driven design for Moodle integrations, turning complex accessibility and compliance challenges into simple, scalable tools for institutions. Her background spans hands-on Moodle development, technical audits at Moodle HQ, and C++/PHP systems work—giving her rare fluency across backend, frontend and UX. She combines data- and AI-enabled approaches to automate content quality and reduce institutional risk, and she’s equally at home running workshops as she is shipping code. A lifelong learner with formal UX and MSc credentials, she blends academic rigor with practical product leadership based in Ireland.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hon), History, BA (Hon), History at Trinity College, DublinMaster of Science (MSc) NL, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, First Class Honours, Master of Science (MSc) NL, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, First Class Honours at University College DublinCertificate in User Experience and Design, Science & Computing, Certificate in User Experience and Design, Science & Computing at Waterford Institute of TechnologyEDI/JEB Teacher Diploma in Information & Communications Technology (NFQ Level 6), EDI/JEB Teacher Diploma in Information & Communications Technology (NFQ Level 6) at Senior College Dun Laoghaire
Github Skills (24)
moodle10
portal10
elearning9
learning-management-system9
lms9
mhealth9
tooltips8
font-size7
wcag7
usability7
edtech6
open-source6
accessibility5
time-management4
react3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
brickfield/moodle
May 2021 - Mar 2025
Moodle - the world's open source learning platform
Contributions:444 pushes, 75 branches in 3 years 10 months
moodlelearning-platformmachine-learningedtech
brickfield/moodle-mod_board
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
The Board module for Moodle is a plugin that enables a post-it board activity for students.
Contributions:2 releases, 5 reviews, 31 commits in 2 years 1 month
post-itmoodleboard
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