Summary
Daniel Deanda is a Head of Software Engineering Education with a decade of hands-on experience in front-end and full-stack web development, HCI, and UI/UX design, now focused on empowering underserved students to contribute to open source. Based in Sunnyvale, he hires and trains consulting engineers, blends data-informed pedagogy with practical developer workflows, and counsels learners on responsibly using AI tools like GPTs. His background spans building RESTful Java APIs, React dashboards, CI/CD pipelines, and robust test suites from internships at Cvent and Onfleet to early web design work. An honors computer science graduate, he brings a rare mix of technical depth, teaching skill, and a lifelong curiosity for games, linguistics, and music that shapes how he enables interaction between people and computers.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
High School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Homestead High School
Spanish, English