Faculty and Staff
Brenda Hungerford
Position: Senior Practice Leader
Campus: Online
Program of Instruction: Data Science Online Part-Time
Qualifications and Experience: Brenda has Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and a Masters in Data Analytics. She has a Masters in Math, Science, and Technology, and a Bachelor’s in Biological Science. She has over 15 years of experience teaching in STEM fields.
Josh Johnson
Position: Team Lead
Campus: Online
Program of Instruction: Data Science Online Part-Time
Qualifications and Experience: Josh holds a Master's in Teaching with over 15 years of work in instruction. He has professional certificates in programming, data science, and machine learning. In addition, he graduated from Flatiron Data Science Intensive bootcamp, where he worked as an instructor for their part-time online data science program before joining Coding Dojo.
Matthew Schiller
Position: Team Lead
Campus: Online
Program of Instruction: Cybersecurity Online Part-Time
Qualifications and Experience: Matthew is a statistics major from Diablo Valley College, he has been involved in IT for 5 years before he completed his Coding Dojo 3 Full Stack program. He worked as a TA and instructor in training for 6 months before excelling into an instructor position. Matthew has a combined 1 years and 4 months of relevant development experience in addition to a four year Bachelor’s degree in Statistics
Michael Taylor
Position: Director of Special Programs
Campus: San Jose CA, Burbank CA, and Online
Qualifications and Experience: Michael is a web developer and Coding Dojo alumni with one (1) year of development experience located in Chicago, IL. With a background in journalism and communication-focused roles, Michael specializes in communicating abstract coding concepts to true beginners. Michael attended Coding Dojo in Spring of 2019. Michael has a combined 2 years and 9 months of relevant development experience.
Todd Enders
Position: VP of Content & Curriculum
Campus: San Jose CA, Burbank CA, and Online
Qualifications and Experience: Todd is a developer with ten (10) years experience in the field of programming. Todd graduated from University of Washington Seattle with a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science where he studied object oriented programming and advanced mathematics. He went on to receive his Master of Science in Computing from Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, UK in 2015. Todd was selected as a student representative for the MSc Computing cohort while attending Oxford Brookes. He has worked with data and networking since he was a Field Tech for Earth Networks in 2007, and went on to intern with Ricardo-AEA where he did MATLAB and GIS programming. Todd has a combined 5 years and 7 months of relevant development experience.
Speros Misirlakis
Position: SVP of Instruction
Campus: San Jose CA, Burbank CA, and OnlineWashington DC, Dallas TX, Tulsa OK, Boise ID, and Online
Qualifications and Experience: Speros has over 6 years of experience as a developer, scrum master and team leader. He received his BA in Business Administration from Northern Arizona University, M.B.A. with an emphasis in Finance from Grand Canyon University’s Ken Blanchard College of Business, followed by graduating from Coding Dojos’ 3 Full Stack program. He trained as a TA and Instructor in Training for 8 months before progressing into an Instructor role at Coding Dojo, followed by Head Instruction, and Head of Curriculum. Speros has a combined 6 years and 9 months of relevant development experience.
Coding Dojo Instruction Staff 2023