Chris Coleman Brings Two Decades of Technical
Product Expertise in Edtech and Workforce Development to the
Nation's Premiere Computer Science Education Nonprofit.
SAN
FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CodePath,
the nonprofit dedicated to reprogramming higher education to create
the most diverse generation of engineers, CTOs, and founders, today
announced that Chris Coleman has
joined the organization as its first Chief Product Officer (CPO).
In this role, Chris will accelerate CodePath's plans of scaling its
reach and personalized learning capabilities by leveraging new
technologies including generative AI.
As CPO, Chris will lead CodePath's product engineering delivery
team whose work allows universities to offer state-of-the-art,
industry-vetted computer science courses and career support,
greatly improving the technical readiness and job outcomes of
graduating students while building new reputations for schools.
"I am thrilled to welcome Chris to the CodePath team," said
Michael Ellison, co-founder and CEO
of CodePath. "Chris will play an integral role owning the program
and product portfolio across the end-to-end student experience and
revenue products. As CodePath scales to soon reach 100,000 students
per year, Chris' decades of experience in software engineering,
education, and workforce development will be integral to the
organization as we reshape the tech workforce and develop the tech
leaders of tomorrow."
Chris brings a wealth of industry knowledge to CodePath,
dedicating the majority of his 19-year career to advancing
educational technologies, with a focus on democratizing and
accelerating learning from K-12 through higher education. Before
joining CodePath, Chris served as president of Woz U, the edtech
enterprise founded by Steve Wozniak,
co-founder of Apple Computers. At Woz U, Chris led the creation of
the award-winning Exeter Learning Management System and designed an
innovative curriculum model that provided personalized technical
training for Fortune 100 companies and major universities. He
established Registered Apprenticeship programs across seven
technology-based occupations and was a recipient of the California
Apprenticeship Initiative Grant. Earlier in his career, Chris also
served as vice president at MindPlay, where he led development of
Virtual Reading Coach, an award-winning K-12 literacy platform and
pioneer of adaptive learning.
"There is no organization doing more to address the early talent
needed in the tech sector than CodePath," said Chris Coleman, Chief Product Officer of
CodePath. "I am excited to join a team with a fierce devotion to
quality and student impact, working everyday to open up
opportunities and prepare these students for technical excellence.
Building upon the organization's work of the past seven years, I am
eager to continue to deliver high-quality programs and products to
our students and partners as CodePath enters this next scaling
phase."
Over the past year, CodePath has greatly expanded product
engineering, scaling its learning management system (LMS) to reach
40,000 active users across students, educators, and administrators
while also launching half a dozen new product improvements to
enhance student and employer experiences.
Chris joins a robust engineering leadership group at CodePath,
which includes co-founder and CTO, Nathan
Esquenazi, co-founder and Chief Learning Officer (CLO),
Tim Lee, and VP of Engineering,
Zack Parker. Tim and Nathan, along
with co-founder and CEO, Michael
Ellison, redesigned global engineer onboarding programs for
Facebook, AirBnB, and more, before launching CodePath. Nathan is a
prolific open-source contributor with projects used by millions of
developers. Zack was the first engineer hired at Yammer, and served
as senior director of engineering where he built high-performing
teams until Yammer was acquired by Microsoft. Each have been
founders of early-stage start-ups prior to CodePath, with
successful exits across multiple ventures.
Looking ahead, Chris and the engineering leadership at CodePath
will lead new implementations of AI solutions that personalize
learning at scale and improve mastery of skills, developing
top-tier talent at a time when tech companies battle to hire new
skills-ready engineers amid the AI boom.
About CodePath
CodePath is reprogramming higher education to create the most
diverse generation of engineers, CTOs, and founders. We deliver
industry-vetted courses and career support centered on the needs of
Black, Latino/a, Indigenous, and low-income students. Our students
train with senior engineers, intern at top companies, and rise
together to become the tech leaders of tomorrow.
With over 20,000 students and alumni from 600 colleges now
working at 2,000 companies, we are reshaping the tech workforce and
the industries of the future. CodePath is supported by Andreessen
Horowitz, Blue Meridian Partners, Comcast, Google, JP Morgan Chase,
Knight Foundation, Meta, New Profit Foundation, and Salesforce,
among others. In 2024, CodePath was recognized as one of the Most
Innovative Companies in Education by Fast Company. To learn more,
visit www.codepath.org.
Contact:
Loretta
Stevens
Director of Communications, CodePath
loretta@codepath.org
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