Digital Transformation For Education

ENABLING SCHOOLS TO TRANSFORM THEIR TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
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Mission Statement:

At Wriggle, we pull all the pieces of the puzzle together.

Technology, content and pedagogy are the three essential elements required for progressive teaching and learning in the 21st Century.  

By providing all of the necessary tools and support for teachers and students, Wriggle guides schools along their journey to equip students with the skills and proficiencies demanded of them today.

 

Our Journey

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1980's

Wriggle's sister company "Typetec" established.
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2009

Minecraft was released
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2010

The iPad is launched
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2012

Wriggle is born
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2013

Wriggle deploy to 50 schools
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2014

Wriggle becomes Microsoft's first ever ADR Partner
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2016

Wriggle Manages 25,000 devices
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2016

Apple creates the Swift Playgrounds app.
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2017

Wriggle have pushed more than 500,000 apps
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2017

Wriggle wins Microsoft Partner of the Year
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2018

Wriggle Roadcaster launch

Meet Our Team

Beryl Furlong

Third Level Lead and Commercial Director

Our Managing Director and a force to be reckoned with. When she's not the mother of Wriggle she is the mother to two wonderful girls.

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Paul Dooley

CEO

Paul is our leader and CEO of Wriggle. Starting off in our accounts team, Paul is usually found trying to shake off his bean counter image but his abacus is never too far away!
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Simon Close

School Development Director

Born at a very young age. Simon supports schools with their implementation of technology that is designed to enhance teaching and learning.

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Roisin Beaver

Education Solution Specialist

Otherwise known as 'So-sheen' by her little niece, Róisín loves to annoy her teenage boys by being an 'embarrassing mom' when she's not busy with them she is know to Wriggle a bit...
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Gary Hoey

Education Solution Specialist

Dog lover and Beatles fanatic, with dreams of being a (Paperback) Writer.  Gary works with new schools looking to take the first steps on their digital journey.  Has been know to work Eight Days a Week.
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Clive Brookes

Windows Lead Engineer

Clive is our Windows aficionado and focuses on tablet builds, repairs, deployments and training. In his spare time he, oh wait..

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Maureen Casey

Education Support Specialist

Maureen works with schools to help them bring IT to life, when she is not doing that she can be found in her organic garden. She is also an enthusiastic (but not very fast ) cyclist!

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Brendan Cawley

Teacher Engagement Manager

Enhancing teaching & learning one school at a time. Plays a bit of GAA but is slow and one sided.
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Adam Close

Roadcaster Manager

From whipping up fine cuisine to managing our very own Wriggle Roadcaster, Adam is in charge of everything Roadcaster related. You can often catch him listening to the 'Magic Bus' by The Who. 
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Philip Corbally

Wriggle Engineer

Systems Engineer in the office, Philip in his free time is a Kildare GAA season ticket holder, so has a lot of free time… Also enjoys the occasional jam sandwich. 
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Kevin Conway

Education Support Specialist

Kevin comes all the way from North Dublin and has been cutting down trees since he was three.
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Fintan Costello

Cloud Services Lead

When not configuring he is a music nerd, a way-too-old online gamer and a mostly tired parent to 3 kids under the age of 7

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Michael Hussey

Service Delivery Manager

Michael joins our Post Primary team from Drogheda. He's a big kid at heart so fits right in with the students. 
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Ibrahim Joha

Wriggle Engineer

He can literally fix anything! Supports both our iOS and Windows schools. As his daughter Jana says 'He's a hardworking man, who always has a plan.
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Jamie Johnston

Teacher Engagement Manager

Jamie joins wriggle to strengthen Irish Scottish relations in a post-Brexit world. He will immediately take on the role of Teacher Engagement Manager and Best Beard in Wriggle. He hopes to retain both positions for the foreseeable future.
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Dave O'Brien

IOS Lead Engineer

Despite a lifelong obsession of wanting the 'Solitaire' win animation to go faster, Dave now spends his time deploying and supporting iPads in Education
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Stephanie O'Connor

Customer Service Administrator

Summed up in a few words: Ultimate Frisbee, lipstick and fancy stationary. BOOM!

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Liam O'Donovan

Operations and Finance Manager

Is our Operations and Finance Manager so he's our numbers man who keeps everyone in the office busy, including himself.

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Dave Ryan

Primary Sector Specialist

Cleans up his colleagues mess. Customers love him, competitors fear him.
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Sharon Ward

Customer Service Administrator

 

Call logging, organizing repairs and answering the phone, usually found surrounded by boxes and bubble wrap.

 

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Gary Harmon

Wriggle Support Engineer

Gary is part-time student, full time Wriggle engineer! When he's not working or studying you can find him attempting to learn to play the guitar.
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Sinead Kelly Roche

Education Solution Specialist

Sinead is a leader in all senses of the word being a secondary school teacher, a mother and a scout leader. Since she was young she's enjoyed long walks on the beach and is so passionate about integrating technology into education that she's left the classroom to promote the benefits of it with Wriggle!
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Sean Glynn

Teacher Engagement Manager

An educator who enthusiastically seeks to influence and motivate others to adopt technology to enhance teaching and learning. A whiz at code, in his spare time he joins Gary playing guitar and tries his best to outwit his two toddlers with little success!
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Dean O'Kelly

Education Support Specialist

Dean supports our schools on advising the best technology. He is not a fan of Tuesdays, loves a good coddle and is regularly mistaken for a student in schools with his youthful looks (and height). 
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Joanna Smith

Previously a primary school teacher for 14 years, Joanna is our Events and Marketing Executive having gone back to college to retrain in this area. A great fan of her First Communion hymns, this epic time in Joanna’s life inspired her to become a singer with the Gardiner Street Gospel choir…no microphone or karaoke booth is safe!
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Some things you may not (need to) know about us!

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Partner Schools

Careers

Welcome to the Careers section and the current positions available at Wriggle.

We have lots of exciting positions detailed below.

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IT Engineer

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Wriggle Education Account Administrator

Wriggle is looking to identify and hire an outgoing and organised individual to join our growing organisation as Education Account Administrator. This is a full-time position and you will be based in our headquarters in Ballymount, Dublin 12.
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Success Stories

Technology Partners

Wriggle is affiliated with leading technology companies which ensures that each school is provided with the most suitable mobile device to meet their needs.

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Research Partners

Wriggle places great emphasis on the importance of academic research, particularly on the use of ICT in education. Our use of technology and the design of professional development and measurement tools are all informed by peer-reviewed research from around the globe.

 

 

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Content Partners

Wriggle offers a complete package to ensure the move to 1:1 mobile learning is as seamless as possible. As part of this package, Wriggle provides each school with the required digital textbooks and content through our publishing partners.

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