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Gary Henderson is currently the Director of IT of Millfield, a large Independent school in the UK.    He is also the vice-chair of the ISC Digital Advisory Group member, Association of Network Managers in Education (ANME) Ambassador and member of the  Digital Futures Group (DFG).

Prior to his work with Millfield, he worked as the Head of Learning Technologies working with public and private schools across the Middle East.    This included leading the planning and development of IT within a number of new schools opening in the UAE.

As a trained teacher with over 25 years working in education his experience includes UK state secondary schools, further education and higher education, as well as experience of various international schools teaching various curricula.   This has led him to present at a number of educational conferences in the UK, Europe and Middle East.  It has also led to him being a finalist in the EduFuturist Network Manager of the Year awards in 2022 and the Global EdTech Awards, Most Impactful Senior Member of Staff category in 2023.

As an IT professional Gary holds a number of industry certifications including CC, CISSP, CISA and CRISC plus has significant experience of IT project management, cyber security, data analytics and data driven decision making, among many other areas.

Gary brings a wide experience of technology within teaching and learning, along with equally wide technical IT experience, to his work.     He is deeply passionate about how technology has the potential to positively impact on learning and about the importance of Artificial Intelligence, digital citizenship including cyber security and data protection within schools.