Paul Osborne
Chief Technology Officer at CONNECT ACADEMY TRUST
Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPaul Osborne is an experienced technology leader and CTO with 12 years in senior tech roles across education, charities and trusts, currently leading Now Teach and directing Novus Learning Ltd. He has a track record of translating classroom-focused needs into scalable digital products and strategy, having moved from teaching into founding and running tech businesses and serving multiple trusts and advisory roles. Paul combines hands-on product and technology leadership—previously as CTO at The Key Support Services and Big Education—with governance experience as Vice Chair of CONNECT Academy Trust. He is skilled at aligning technology roadmaps to organisational missions in the education and care sectors, often working directly with senior leadership to deliver measurable impact. Based in Plymouth, he brings a practical education background (B.Ed. Hons in Mathematics and Technology) that underpins his user-centred, outcomes-driven approach. An unusual strength is his long arc from classroom teacher to tech founder and board director, giving him rare empathy for frontline educators when shaping digital transformation.
12 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. Hons) with QTS, Mathematics, Technology, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. Hons) with QTS, Mathematics, Technology at University of St Mark & St John
English
Github Skills (6)
grails-plugin8
grails5
mongodb5
scribe4
databases3
oauth3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
enrobsop/grails-quickbooks-online
Jan 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:55 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 5 months
enrobsop/grails-heartinternet-reseller-api
Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
Contributions:64 commits in 29 days
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