Gladson Lawrence Jayaseelan
Technology is not simply infrastructure or software — it's an enabler of people, learning and long-term organisational growth.
Seventeen years in IT, and more than eight of them leading technology across international K–12 schools in India and Indonesia. Today I'm IT Head and Makerspace Facilitator at GMIS Jakarta, Bali & Semarang, where I've built the school's in-house ERP, its cybersecurity foundation and its newest Makerspace — often all three in the same week. I'm also partway through a Master of Arts in Education, chasing the same question that got me into this field: how do you build technology that people actually want to use?
Systems a school can own.
Most school technology is rented — platforms a school pays for indefinitely and never fully controls. My focus has been the opposite: build what a school can own, maintain and grow with, long after I've moved on.
My work sits at the intersection of technology leadership, education and hands-on building — connecting strategy with how teachers, students and school operations actually run day to day.
Rooted in the classroom
I came to infrastructure leadership through teaching, not around it — as an Education Technology Integrator working side by side with teachers before I ever led an IT department.
Strategic and hands-on
From setting technology direction with school leadership to writing the code and running the cable myself — I can operate at both levels, often at the same time.
Built to be owned
I design systems — ERP, identity, network — that a school owns outright, with its own data, rather than platforms it rents forever.
Where technology meets leadership.
A deeper portfolio documents the systems, projects and leadership experience behind each of these areas.
Technology Strategy
Technology planning, governance, infrastructure direction and digital transformation for school leadership.
Explore expertise SystemsSchool Systems
In-house ERP, student information, admissions, library, attendance and operational systems, built and owned in-house.
See the build SecurityCybersecurity
Secure infrastructure, identity, access, endpoint and network protection built for school environments.
Explore expertise EdTechEducation Technology
Working directly with teachers to embed technology into daily instruction, not just provisioning it.
See the build MakingMakerspace & Innovation
Designing spaces where students and educators explore technology and creativity, grounded in IB MYP Design.
See the build LeadershipTechnology Leadership
Leading technology across international, multicultural school communities and multiple campuses.
See experienceA closer look at recent work.
In-house School ERP
Admissions, Student Information System, Library, Attendance, Purchase and Infirmary management — replacing costly third-party platforms and giving the school full, long-term ownership of its own data.
Security & infrastructure overhaul
Centralized Google Workspace and SSO across every learning platform, a full CCTV, network and hardware refresh, and a cybersecurity foundation built from the ground up.
Makerspace at GMIS
Currently designing and building a Makerspace lab, grounded in a Makerspace Facilitator certification and IB MYP Design Category 1 — and a Master of Arts in Education, in progress.
Let's build
what's next.
For Technology Director, Head of Technology and senior education technology roles, I'd welcome the conversation.