“Andy joined the Harris Federation to lead the implementation of Harris 365 in collaboration with Cloud Design Box. Andy has worked with the Federation leadership and technical teams, to plan, budget, organise and present the deployment plan.
Working closely with the technical team, Andy and his colleagues led liaison, training and tasks at all 54 Academies to ensure a smooth transition to the new platform.
Andy was able to communicate effectively with leaders and staff members to ensure confidence in the new product and deployment schedule. We have been delighted with Andy’s work. A smooth transition with ‘no’ downtime thus ensuring students education was never disrupted. Andy is organised, conscientious, reliable, knowledgeable and effective. Andy is highly recommended to any MAT, LEA or school aiming to deliver IT change management. “
Lee Mallin, Assistant Director, Harris Federation
“Andy was a huge asset to the Satori Education team, bringing a wealth of knowledge backed with practical experience of digital transformation and edtech strategy. His project management skills are exemplary and, no matter the task, it was delivered on time and to a very high standard. Andy is a deep thinker and problem solver with a rare combination of pedagogical knowledge and technical skills. He was a pleasure to work with, and his positive attitude and ‘can-do’ approach made him a very valuable member of the Satori Education team, and he was sorely missed when he left. I would recommend him to any educational establishment looking for strategy support, or any company looking to engage an educational technologist.”
Joe Basketts, CEO, Satori Education
” Andy is an experienced school leader and an accomplished project manager, taking full ownership of remit, agile and responsive to changes in the project timeline. He has very good skills in designing training, delivering training and matching the needs of the group. Andy can engage those least experienced with technology and those with high levels of capability. He has trained new IT administrators and staff in a range of contexts, at both our Head Office and in School.
Andy is extremely competent in the area of Learning Management Systems and School Information Systems., able to solve complex problems with system interoperability. He is multi-skilled in being able to isolate possible causes of error and to connect up those who could fix it.
Andy communicates with clarity at all levels in the organisation. Completely dependable in responding to communications about the project or implementation at any time of the day or night. With us working with Australia and New Zealand late night and early morning conference calls were regular. He has presented on behalf of the organisation at European CanvasCon two years running, and is trusted to represent the organisation to a wide audience.”
Matthew Phillips, Director of Education, OneSchool Global
“As regional principal of 12 schools in 8 countries speaking 7 languages, implementing a new Learning Management System was always going to be a challenge! This challenge has been made far easier having Andrew Murden working alongside us. Throughout, his patience, adaptability and ability to see the problems through the eyes of the users and leadership have been invaluable. Andrew is thorough and creative and has produced a solution that allows our teachers to be structured yet spontaneous in producing online learning experiences that are truly inspiring our students. Just to add that beyond his technical ability, Andrew always adds a buoyancy and good humour that makes him a pleasure to work with.”
Gordon Poad, Regional Principal, One School EU