The Spotlight Series - Don’t just survive, thrive!
The Spotlight Series - Don’t just survive, thrive!
How a tech startup is making Australian universities more successful with Anthoney Rimmer, Founder of Edsure
Anthoney Rimmer is the Co-Founder of Edsure, a growing edtech startup which specialises in student information and management systems. Prior to Edsure, Anthoney lead a large R&D team at Technology One where he worked for over 17 years.
In this episode, Nicola Steel, Founder of JJP Talent Solutions, discovers more about Anthoney's personal story and career highlights including growing up in Toowoomba, moving to Brisbane at 18 and travelling the world.
Anthoney discusses the challenge of being a technologist dealing with non-technical people. Overcoming this challenge and learning to communicate what was going on with non-technical people is one of the reasons for his success as a technical leader as he progressed his career to Director level at TechOne.
Edsure specialises in student information and management systems with the mission to make universities in Australia more successful and students to get on the right study pathways.
Edsure's core values are:
- Be respectful
- Be creative
- Have fun
Anthoney discusses how founding a tech startup compares to working for a large corporate organisation. His advice to potential startup founders is ensure that you really know what you are getting involved with.