Summary
Michael Choi is an entrepreneurial engineer and serial founder with 12 years of experience building and scaling education and tech ventures from idea to exit. Based in Bellevue, he founded Coding Dojo and led it from a bootstrap startup to tens of thousands of students, ~$40M in annual revenue, and a $70M exit while growing teams and global partnerships. He now runs Village88, an incubation hub of 60+ engineers, designers, and marketers focused on education, tech, and recruiting, and recently co-founded AltitudeIQ. Michael combines hands-on product, curriculum, and engineering experience with operator-level skills in finance, marketing, and hiring—skills honed since his earliest startups and founding roles at Zurple and BoomYEAH. His background blends technical training (MS in Chemical Engineering) with an MSx from Stanford GSB and ongoing AI/ML business studies, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth, operational rigor, and education-focused mission.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications, Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications at Texas McCombs School of Business
Master’s Degree Management MSx, Master’s Degree Management MSx at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
California Institute of Technology
BS Chemical Engineering, BS Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University
Korean, English