At DaVinci Coders, each student will be paired with an industry mentor as a way to better acquaint you with people and opportunities happening in the coder community. Each mentor will meet with their student on a one to one basis also to help answer questions and give them real world perspective.

With new businesses springing to life at a moments notice, we are looking for experience mentors and advisors who have a good grasp of the industry, as well as the emerging entrepreneurial landscape. If you happen to be one of those rare individuals and are willing to help, please contact Andrew at (303) 666-4133 or Andrew (at) davinciinstitute.com.

Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

John Foley 

Mentors

Here are a few of the terrific people we rely on to help guide students through the tough weeks ahead.

LEAD MENTOR

Daniel Stutzman, Software Consultant at Quick Left, Inc.

Daniel has stepped up to the plate and helped out with DaVinci Coders to a level above and beyond the call of basic Mentorship. He has been helping out the class overall and this has been an invaluable contribution. Hats off to Daniel!

 

Kevin Weller, President & CEO at ASAP iSoft

 

 

 

Adam Bialek, Indie Software Engineer

 

 

 

Dusty Candland, Software Engineer, Co-Founder at ROXIMITY

 

 

 

Mike Gehard, Senior Software Engineer, Pivotal Labs (pivotallabs.com)

 

 

 

Chris Hayes, Lead Engineer at Flixmaster

 

 

 

Nicholas Howard, Web Developer at Gnip

 

 

 

Krishnan Kannan, Business Systems Architect at Providigm

 

 

 

David Kovsky, Partner and Lead Engineer at Coshx Labs

 

 

 

Pete Lyons, Web Developer, Social Communications Company

 

 

 

Desi McAdam, Founder of DevChix

 

 

 

Cameron Pope, Principal at The Aboutbox, LLC

 

 

Industry Advisors

In addition to the Instructors, Mentors, and Staff, DaVinci Coders has a team of Industry Advisors who help us in the background. These are the people who are advising us about changes in the industry, job openings, and will be making appearances in classes and at related events.

 

Christian Vanek, Founder & CEO of SurveyGizmo

 

 

 

Darby Frey, Software Engineer at Groupon

 

 

 

Michael Sitarzewski, Founder of Callisto FM

 

 

 

Mike Gehard, Senior Software Engineer, Pivotal Labs (pivotallabs.com)

 

 

 

Cate Lawrence, Founder of Lawrence Research Associates

 

 

 

Matt Dombrow, Founder and CEO of Clixo

 

 

 

Sam Rediess, Senior Director at Oracle

 

 

  Rich Morrow, President and CEO of QuiCloud

 Bill French, Founder of iPadCTO and MyST Technology Partners

 

 

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