About
I'm Arun. Ten years building a company, then two inside the business that bought it. These days the work is helping small businesses and charities make time for what matters.
Learnium started in 2013 as a learning platform for universities. A small company means doing most of the jobs yourself, so I did: sales, product, finance, hiring, and eventually running it.
When Learnlight bought us in 2023 I moved across with the engineering team and spent two years helping the two companies work as one. Seeing an acquisition from both sides is where I learned that small fixes to how work flows often matter more than big plans.
Now I work independently, trading as Izaru Works, and I'm a director of UNA Global South. I'm an operator before I'm a technologist: people and process first, technology last.
I read Geography at Cambridge, which might explain the maps. Outside work I grow food, train Muay Thai, play guitar badly and am slowly learning Polish.
The route so far
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2013
Alacrity Foundation
Venture programme graduate. Co-founded Learnium with a team of engineers.
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2013 to 2023
Learnium
Business development, then COO, then CEO. Raised £550k, led a turnaround, and sold the company to Learnlight.
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2023 to 2025
Learnlight
Senior Project Manager. Ran the post-acquisition integration, then cross-functional technology projects and the move to Agile.
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2026
Independent
Fractional operations, project management and advisory, trading as Izaru Works. Also a director of UNA Global South.
Writing
What would you fix first?
A free 20-minute call with me. If it isn't a fit, you'll know by the end of it.