Michael Borcherds
Chief Technology Officer at GeoGebra
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Borcherds is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO at GeoGebra with 14 years of professional experience and a background in mathematics and secondary education. Trained at Oxford (MA Mathematics) and King's College London (PGCE), he blends deep mathematical insight with product-minded engineering to steer a widely used educational software platform. His career began in the classroom, giving him rare front-line perspective on pedagogy that informs technical decisions and product priorities. As a "full stack thinker," he pairs hands-on technical oversight with strategic leadership to deliver tools that scale for educators and learners worldwide. Based in Birmingham, he is known for bridging curriculum needs and engineering execution, turning complex mathematical concepts into accessible digital experiences.
14 years of coding experience
Master of Arts (MA), Mathematics, Master of Arts (MA), Mathematics at University of OxfordA Levels, Mathematics, Further Maths, Physics, A Levels, Mathematics, Further Maths, Physics at King Edward's School, BirminghamPGCE, Secondary Education and Teaching, PGCE, Secondary Education and Teaching at King's College London
Github Skills (192)
render10
650210
geogebra10
javascript10
latex10
api10
bbc-micro10
mathematics10
java10
html5-canvas10
geospatial10
stat10
gis10
java-api10
listings9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
murkle/utils
Sep 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:122 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
murkle/6502Em
Nov 2022 - May 2023
Emulator for the BBC Micro range of computers. Runs on RISC OS only
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 42 pushes in 6 months
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