Vernon Spain
Senior Systems Administrator Learning & Digital Platforms,
Greater Brisbane Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolVernon Spain is a seasoned Moodle-focused educational technologist and senior systems administrator with over a decade of hands-on experience designing, implementing and optimising LMS and digital learning platforms for government, defence, healthcare and corporate clients. He blends deep Moodle and Moodle Workplace expertise with front-end customisation (HTML/CSS/JavaScript), identity/SSO integrations and hosting/operations to deliver secure, scalable learning systems and measurable workflow improvements. Vernon has a track record of resolving stalled vendor integrations, bringing email infrastructure in-house, and creating SCORM-free, accessible learning pathways that speed content production and reduce maintenance overhead. Comfortable at both strategic architectural and tactical support levels, he mentors platform champions and translates complex educational requirements into practical, auditable solutions. Based in Greater Brisbane, he’s been a Moodler since 2005 and quietly combines developer instincts with strong advisory experience to help organisations get long-term value from their LMS investments.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Diploma, Journalism, Graduate Diploma, Journalism at University of Southern Queensland
Chinese
Github Skills (9)
moodle8
moodle-theme6
integrations4
lxd1
invoice-ninja1
container1
scale1
startpage1
lms1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
verzog/moodle-local_educheckout
Jan 2024 - Jun 2026
Moodec is a work-in-progress eCommerce storefront plugin for Moodle
Contributions:4 PRs, 92 pushes, 44 branches in 2 years 5 months
verzog/moodle_ynh
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Moodle package for YunoHost
Contributions:14 commits, 5 PRs, 96 pushes in 2 months
moodle
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