A FORMER school teacher who retrained for a career in the technology sector just four years ago has been promoted into a senior role at Aberdeen-headquartered IT consultancy Inoapps.
Tom Benham, who joined the business as a junior developer in 2017 after completing an intensive 16-week CodeClan technology sector retraining programme, has become Inoapps’ Custom Apps team lead.
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Tom will now oversee a team of developers, taking responsibility for project delivery and resource management. As part of the new role he will also support colleagues on business development activities across the UK, reporting to Inoapps’ VP of Ideation, Dermot Murray.
He said: “I’m delighted to take on this new challenge, heading up the Custom Apps team. The mentoring and coaching I’ve received since joining Inoapps has been invaluable in enabling me to progress my career and move into this new role.”
Commenting on the promotion, Inoapps EMEA managing director, said: “I congratulate Tom on making this next step of his career into this key leadership role.
“His progress highlights the impact of the significant training investment we’ve committed towards our colleagues and underlines the success of our partnership with CodeClan, which has enormously benefitted Inoapps through the diversity of talent they’ve brought into the tech sector.”