Magpie Literacy
Andreas Gehrs-Pahl is an experienced technology professional currently serving as a Site Reliability Engineer at Magpie Literacy, beginning in February 2024. As the Owner and Lead Software Developer at Absolute Software, LLC since January 1993, Andreas has provided custom software solutions, data conversions, and technology support to various clients, including CiJu GmbH and Alaska Software, Inc. Prior roles include Software Developer at CiJu GmbH, where productivity was enhanced through procedural optimizations, and Technical Writer at Alaska Software Inc., contributing to the Xbase++ documentation. From September 1995 to February 2016, Andreas worked as a Software & Database Developer and Product Manager at Caliber Public Safety, delivering software solutions to law enforcement agencies. Andreas holds a degree from Berlin University of Applied Sciences Berlin (BHT), completed between 1986 and 1989.
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Magpie Literacy
We are on a mission to unlock the great reader in every child to end illiteracy in our country -- centering the experiences of Black, Latino, and Native American students and students experiencing poverty. We are developing research-based, identity-affirming PK-8+ digital literacy tools that leverage student uniquenesses to help every child master the foundational reading skills needed to become strong, confident readers. We’re currently hiring our founding team of mission-driven individuals committed to helping us develop a scalable, impactful reading product that helps us eradicate illiteracy in America. Magpie Literacy is fiscally sponsored by Cambiar Education (https://www.cambiareducation.org/), a 501c3 that supports transformative leaders of public school systems and educational entrepreneurs to develop innovative solutions that disrupt the patterns of educational inequity.