In 2000 I founded Moodle, the well-known open source learning platform, as the original developer. For most of the time since then, my main work as CEO has been managing the business and development. I've always pushed to make sure our project has a strong mission and strong values of education, openness, respect, integrity and innovation.We've successfully avoided venture capital and the profit focus that dominates the tech industry, which is definitely the slower way to build a project, but ultimately far more satisfying. We have brought together thousands of people globally to help support and improve the Moodle learning platform, used by two-thirds of higher education and countless schools and workplace - reaching hundreds of millions of people around the world.We produce Moodle LMS, Moodle Workplace, Moodle Apps, MoodleCloud, MoodleNet, Moodle Educator Certifications and more. My interests have always been in the interface between computer science and education, creating computer-based tools to effectively help educators to teach and students to learn. Moodle is the sum of that work, and every day brings me more and more to learn about and improve.In recent years I've become interested in helping to drive the wider education technology ecosystem, and I've started the Open EdTech Foundation as a way to do that. https://openedtech.globalIn February 2024 I stepped away from CEO to a new role as Head of Research at Moodle, so that I can spend a LOT more time boosting our Innovation value at Moodle. https://moodle.me/research Specialties: Open source management, internet-based education, mojito-making, kangaroo herder