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With endless possibilities, we help you to dedicate more time to your students.

Reach has redefined the global landscape in Student Life Management since our beginning in 2012, providing solutions that are secure, flexible, and designed to work with schools, for schools.

We deliver a complete solution that lives in the cloud but is rooted in real expertise. Reach prides itself on having a pulse on what schools need, not only through engaging conversations with schools globally, but also through the first-hand experience that our Reach team can draw upon from their own careers in schools as administrators, teaching faculty, and dorm parents.

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Reach History

The Reach story began one Thursday afternoon in October 2012 on a rugby field at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, Western Australia. Steve Montgomery went to assist Michael Holland to coach the Guildford Grammar 1st XV rugby team. Michael was the Head of Boarding for Guildford Grammar at the time.

Michael’s phone kept buzzing every few minutes with boarders trying to organize or confirm their upcoming weekend leave. It was clear that Michael, and likely many other Heads of Boarding across Australia, could benefit from a system that could change the way that schools could fulfill their Duty of Care.

Meanwhile, in Canada, Brian Murray was a Dean of Students and was in search of a system that would help bring efficiency to a very busy boarding program, from taking attendance at meals to processing thousands of requests for leave. Discovering that there were few options for Student Life Management Systems in the eco-system, Brian connected with Touchline Connect’s team and the work that they had started at Guildford Grammar continued as an international collaboration.

The result is what you see today – a suite of comprehensive, multi-featured, and advanced tools, which automate school and residential activities, improve communication, and provide measurable gains for efficiency and risk mitigation.

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Reach Team

A leading global solution needs a global presence, and that’s exactly what we have – the perfect dream team who provide a balance of real-word IT experience and inside knowledge of the school community. It is our intimacy and understanding of education and residential campus life that has helped to ensure that we deliver a product which sets the global benchmark for school and camp automation.

GARRY JOWETT

Director – Australia

Garry joined Reach back in 2011 during the early days of development. With twenty-five years business experience in product development from concept to commercialisation in multinational corporations and small business operations, Garry is navigating the path for Reach to become the global benchmark for school automation.

BRADLEY GIBBY

Director – Research and Development

Bradley has 27 years in the IT Industry working in areas from Education, Health, Finance, Government and Corporate environments, and inside knowledge of the school community. Being able to see the “big picture” is what Bradley does best. Always able to provide a solution to issues that our clients run into, Bradley is primarily a Systems Architect, Engineer and Developer, leading our international team of Reach developers.

BRIAN MURRAY

Director – North America

Brian has brought to Reach his extensive experience in the US and Canada as a teacher and Director at boarding and day schools. With a Masters’ degree in Educational Leadership, he has combined his passion for education and technology to help create cutting-edge tools for greater efficiencies in our schools. Since 2014, Brian has spent his days at Reach driving new projects and keeping up with the forever-changing landscape of school culture.

ADAM BATES

Director – Europe

Adam brings a thorough understanding of education with 20 years of delivering and supporting IT solutions, including software used in over 20 countries by 4 million teachers and learners. Adam is leading the team in Europe and is based in the UK.

JAMES ENGLAND

Director – Europe

James, an experienced teacher, brings to Reach his skills from 15 years of developing, implementing and supporting education technology products. James leads our technical team in Europe.

NIC ROBICHAUD

VP - Product, North America

Nic is positioned to understand what makes each school unique. With a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Education in his pocket, Nic has taught, coached, and been a dorm parent at day and boarding schools in the UK, Qatar and Canada since 2016. Nic works directly with Reach Schools to guide a best-practice approach to school-life.

LINDSEY STAPLETON

Director – Support and Training

Lindsey brings 14-years of experience as a full-time dorm parent and educator in the US. Her tech-savvy nature led to five years of overseeing Reach support and implementation at her boarding school and now utilizing that expertise, she offers day to day expertise to numerous Reach schools.

CLAUDIA CHAVEZ

Director of Sales and Marketing

Claudia brings a 20-years career in Sales and Marketing and 10 years of experience in International Admission and Summer camp for a boarding school in Canada. Though an Engineer by training, after working several years as an engineer, Claudia realized that what drives her life is not numbers but people. Claudia loves meeting people from across Canada and all over the world who are passionate about Education

KRISTEN TOBIN

Manager of School Success

Kristen brings over 20 years of experience working in schools and successfully leading teams and programs. Kristen began her career in healthcare and now brings her patient-centered approach to her role as an administrator, dorm parent, and coach in boarding schools. Currently at Verde Valley School, she brings her operational knowledge to the REACH team and works directly with schools to guide a best-practice approach to school life.

LUKE GAYNOR

Senior Software Developer

Luke joined Reach in 2016 after graduating from Curtin University, Perth, Australia with a BSc, Computer Science. Luke manages many aspects of the software including the numerous data integration pieces. Whether it is wrangling data scripts, software architecture or kangaroos — he’s there!

EVAN COX

Software Developer

Evan received his Bachelor of Computer Science from Acadia University where he excelled in game design. Since 2018, Evan has become a Reach Guru and brings both front and back-end development and is our data integrations expert. Evan works directly with school IT Offices to setup school portals and is a bug fixing master.

RICHARD LUDBEY

Product Support and QA specialist

Richard’s primary role is to help Reach to constantly improve the product support material and product quality testing.

MEET PATEL

Software Developer

Meet is an alumnus of Acadia University. Received a Master's in Computer Science with a specialization in Data Science and later joined Reach in 2021. He also brings prior Software Development, Data Integration, Migration and Analytics experience from the Pharma Tech industry.

RYAN MURNEY

Software Developer

He started at Reach through the Co-operative Education program at Acadia University in 2020. After graduating from Acadia with a Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, he returned to Reach to continue exploring software development which was the specialization of his degree. He works with the team to fix, improve and implement new features!

SAM HURST

Software Developer

Sam is an enthusiastic coder who has been diligently learning and applying their skills in web development over the past year. With a self-taught background and a strong drive for growth, Sam is rapidly gaining proficiency in bug fixing, feature implementation, and other aspects of coding.

DYLAN MACALAST

Software Developer

Self taught Developer, been working as a developer for 2 years with Reach. He carries out front-end and back-end work, he also does data integrations with schools, he works with schools and the team to build new features & fix bugs. He enjoys planning big projects and investigating into all the different ways there are to develop features!

SAMUEL BATES

Client Development

Sam joined Reach as part of the Government Apprenticeship program and after graduating from his Business Administration course has taken up a role in Client Development where his focus is on helping schools to maximize the benefit they get from Reach. Sam has been responsible for the new Monthly Newsletters that also contain usage statistics so that schools can quickly and easily see how they are doing.

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You will connect with our team in your area, who will know your school.

Regional, Responsive, and Concierge-Level Support

 

Reach has numerous training resources to get new staff up and running. With support teams and developers in Canada, United States, Australia, and England, help is never far away.

You can find support information, videos, tutorials and important setup information at support.reach.cloud . From here, you can:

  • Launch support tickets
  • Chat with our support team
  • Find articles to a challenge
  • Submit a suggestion
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We can answer your questions, and review all of the features and benefits that Reach can provide to complement your Student Life program.

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