Stephen Howell is a technical curriculum developer and educator with three decades of experience bridging software engineering, academia, and developer relations across organizations including Google, AWS, Microsoft and IBM. He designs and delivers cloud and AI-focused curricula, having supported integration of Azure and AI into university courses and spoken to tens of thousands of students, educators and policymakers. A hands-on engineer early in his career, he has built production systems in C/C++, Java and .NET and created educational software such as Kinect2Scratch, which has been licensed by Microsoft and used internationally. Stephen combines classroom pedagogy (certified in learning & teaching) with industry advocacy to improve accessibility and neurodiversity awareness in tech. His background includes applied research toward a PhD in Inclusive Design and Creative Technology Innovation, which informs his practical focus on inclusive, employability-driven curriculum.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Learning & Teaching, Education, Certificate in Learning & Teaching, Education at Technological University Dublin
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Thematic PhD in Inclusive Design & Creative Technology Innovation, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Thematic PhD in Inclusive Design & Creative Technology Innovation at University College Dublin
Bachelor's Degree, Computing, 1st Class Honours, Bachelor's Degree, Computing, 1st Class Honours at Dublin City University
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