Education Leadership
Pastoral and assistant principal responsibilities across wellbeing, engagement, and operational systems — the direct source of STARS.
About
The person behind matthurley.dev.
I work in senior leadership at a Catholic secondary school in South East Queensland while building software that solves genuine operational problems — for that school, for clients like the team behind Radium PCs, and for Hurley Computers, the custom PC-building business I own and run myself.
profile.json Matt Hurley
11+ yrs In education, from classroom teaching through to senior leadership
1 Person accountable for every line shipped — no hand-off, no diffusion of ownership
QLD, AU Based in South East Queensland, working with clients remotely
Why the dual seat matters
Most software gets designed by someone who has never had to operate it under pressure. I don't have that problem. Across more than a decade in education — classroom teaching through pastoral and assistant principal roles — the job has been the same: keep systems clear, reliable, and sustainable enough that people actually trust them when it counts.
That's the same standard I hold engineering work to: practical architecture, explicit constraints, and measurable utility — not a demo that only survives the first walkthrough.
Background
Military Service
Service in the Australian Army built the foundation this all sits on: discipline, responsibility, and clear decision-making under pressure.
Technical Development
Independent and client software spanning educational platforms, hardware control, and privacy-preserving desktop tools.
Ongoing Learning
Postgraduate leadership studies alongside continued, deliberate practice in cybersecurity and systems design.
How I work with clients
People First
Technology should reduce burden and improve outcomes for real users, not introduce complexity for its own sake.
Privacy by Default
Data protection is built into architecture from the start, not retrofitted after something goes wrong.
Practical Systems
Good solutions account for staffing realities, governance requirements, and long-term maintainability.
Continuous Improvement
Refinement is ongoing: observe results, learn from constraints, and iterate deliberately — not a one-shot ship.