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Fullstack Academy is an award-winning, immersive coding school based in New York City. Backed by Y Combinator, co-founders David Yang and Nimit Maru leveraged their experience at Yahoo, Gilt Groupe, and Bloomspot (acquired by JP Morgan Chase in 2011) to create an elite program centered on fullstack JavaScript and emerging technologies. Fullstack Academy graduates enjoy excellent outcomes, with alumni working at startups as well as technology leaders, including Google, Dropbox, and Venmo. In January 2016, Fullstack Academy launched Grace Hopper Academy, the first all-women coding bootcamp in New York City, and the first in the country to offer a deferred tuition model.
Management
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David YangCO-FOUNDER & CEO
is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Fullstack Academy, a Y Combinator-backed startup and leading immersive coding school. He is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, teaching courses in web design and JavaScript, as well as a New York City Venture Fellow -- named one of NYC’s Top 33 entrepreneurs of 2015. David has worked at Yahoo! and Gilt Groupe, and his areas of expertise include software development best-practices, lean startup principles, and accelerated education systems. David is a graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he met co-founder Nimit Maru.
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Nimit MaruCO-FOUNDER & CTO
is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of Fullstack Academy, where he keeps Fullstack Academy’s curriculum hyper-relevant by staying attuned to industry trends and the latest programming technologies. Nimit has years of industry experience as a senior software engineer at Yahoo! and was also the co-founder of Bloomspot, a venture-backed startup that was acquired by JPMorgan Chase. Nimit holds a Bachelors of Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.
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Mogan SubramaniamCOO
is the Chief Operating Officer of Fullstack Academy. Prior to Fullstack Academy, Mogan was part of Invite Media (acquired by Google) and Google, where he was Head of Platform Sales. Mogan began his career as a brand manager of Tiger Beer in Singapore. Mogan holds a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Singapore, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Press Releases
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(NEW YORK, Dec 16, 2016) Fullstack Academy, the Y Combinator-backed top coding bootcamp in the U.S., today announced $20K Seed investment in alumni-founded Selected (www.getselected.co), an online matching and hiring platform for teachers and schools.
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CHICAGO and NEW YORK, March 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fullstack Academy [fullstackacademy.com], an industry leader in immersive coding education, has acquired Chicago-based coding school, The Starter League [starterleague.com]. This is the first acquisition for New York City-based Fullstack Academy, and a significant step in its goal to empower more people to pursue their dream careers in software development.
16 Mar 2016
Contact
- Website
- fullstackacademy.com
- Founded
- 2013
- Location
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5 Hanover Square
Floor 25
New York, NY
10005