Founders and Coders
Founder
CEO
Dan studied physics, taught himself Pascal, and has been writing code on and off ever since. He's built websites for The Guardian, the BBC and the London Olympics. In 2014, frustrated by the solitary experience of online learning, he started gathering fellow students at the British Library which eventually became Founders and Coders, a peer-led programme built on the principle that people learn best from each other.
Staff
CTO
Izaak has over a decade of experience as a software engineer and has spent three years directing AI programmes at Founders and Coders. He is leading the development of our curriculum and platform, and will run the majority of the workshops and sessions on the upcoming programme.
Staff
Operations Lead
Our operations lead joined in 2023 and has been instrumental in managing our apprenticeship schemes and company data.
Staff
Software Engineer
Alex is a software engineer at Founders and Coders. His career blends IT engineering and audio engineering and has over a decade as a sound engineer and voice actor, preceded by seven years in IT working on Oracle databases, custom CRM solutions and Microsoft Dynamics integrations.
Advisor
Systems Engineer
Stathis is a Linux and robotics engineer with broad expertise in programming and cybersecurity. Stathis is graduate of our programme. Now, he runs the occassional workshop and teaches Izaak hardware related things.
Advisor
AI Engineer @ Neo4j
Jon is an AI engineer at Neo4j, where he develops agentic platforms, APIs, and libraries to power LLM-based applications and connect them with graph databases. Jon advises on curriculumn and runs the occassional workshop.
Advisor
Board Member
Anni Rowland-Campbell co-founded the Intersticia Foundation and co-created Brave Conversations, a programme that empowers people to become responsible digital citizens. Her career has spanned the arts, government, and technology sectors from the Sydney and Royal Opera House, to government policy, to leading industry associations through digital transformation.
Advisor
Board Member
Joe Friel is CEO and Founder of Yalla Cooperative. Joe specialises in helping non-profits and social enterprises design and launch tech products; working with organisations including the NHS, Scouts and Shannon Trust.