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Richard Osborne

Claude trainer and developer. Adult trainer since 2009, building software since 2016. English and French.

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Trainer and training designer, teaching adults since 2009, and a self-taught developer since 2016. I design and deliver training on Claude and Claude Code for teams, training organisations and consultancies, in English and French, and support founders taking products built with Claude Code to launch.

richard@digitalbricks.io · +33 7 50 34 72 67 · digitalbricks.io · Dordogne, France

Experience

AI trainer, independent

2023 – present · Claude-first since mid-2025

  • Training for professionals and trainers on AI tools, now centred on Claude: everyday work, Projects, skills and connectors, Claude Cowork, and safe use.
  • Claude Code training and coaching for non-developers and founders.

Fractional CTO, Visual Hive

November 2024 – 2026 · events technology

  • Responsible for app development, AI integration and testing.
  • Benchmarked the major language models against real tasks and built Erleah, a multi-model agentic assistant for conferences, using the Claude API from early 2025.

Technology trainer, Linguaid

2017 – present, on and off

  • During the Covid lockdowns, trained around 200 language trainers to teach online in a six-month period.
  • Jury member and evaluator for the LangueXpert certification Former de manière innovante en langues vivantes, registered with France Compétences (RS7208).

Independent developer and consultant, Digital Bricks

2018 – present · full time since 2022

  • More than thirty client projects with Bubble, Noodl and other low-code tools: complete applications, or joining existing apps as a temporary developer.
  • Application audits, user testing and technical support for founders.
  • Open source: NodeGX, a visual app builder developed with Claude Code (nodegx.io), and EventHive, free tools for event professionals (eventhive.io).

Founder and director, training organisation

2017 – 2022

  • Founded and ran a training organisation delivering CPF-funded courses; took it through Qualiopi certification.
  • From 2020, moved mainly into low-code application development as demand grew during Covid.

Language trainer, then Assistant Director of Studies and Director of Studies, Langage Forum, Paris

2009 – 2017

  • Taught adult learners, then took responsibility for the teaching programme and the trainers delivering it.
  • Designed training programmes to meet the requirements of different OPCO funders, and ran teacher training.
  • Full-time permanent contract.

Qualifications

  • Cambridge DELTA (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), 2012. UK framework Level 7.
  • BSc Mathematics, Queen's University Belfast.
  • Opquast certificate in web quality.

Skills

  • Training: needs analysis, programme design, operational objectives, assessment, trainer training.
  • Claude: Claude (Projects, skills, connectors, Cowork), Claude Code, the Claude API, MCP servers.
  • Building: AI-assisted software development, Bubble, Noodl/NodeGX, Webflow, Wappler; security review and user testing.
  • Languages: English (native), French (professional).