Zach Galant
Co-Founder & CTO at CodeHS
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Galant is a co-founder and CTO with 11 years of experience building CodeHS, a widely used web platform that brings K–12 computer science curriculum, teacher tools, and professional development to schools. He blends hands-on engineering with instructional design sensibilities, focusing on technology-enhanced learning and pedagogy to make CS accessible and engaging. Prior roles as a Stanford CS course leader and TA reflect deep classroom experience that informs product decisions and teacher-facing features. Zach has a track record of starting education ventures—from a youth game camp to a rankings site—and shipping early-stage social apps, showing both entrepreneurial grit and product instincts. Based in Chicago, he runs technology and ops for a mission-driven company that prioritizes being a great place to work. An active learning technologist, he pairs CS technical chops (Stanford BS) with practical experience designing scalable edtech systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Greenhill SchoolBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Stanford University
Chinese
Github Skills (44)
web-application10
lists10
algolia10
ruler10
transparency10
utterances10
google-keep10
github-pages10
jekyll10
algolia-search10
jekyll-theme10
edtech10
triangular10
ghost-blog9
cms9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hkalant/awesome-edtech-tools
Jul 2014 - Jan 2023
An ongoing curated list with awesome tools and resources for instructional designers.
Contributions:192 commits, 17 PRs, 202 pushes in 8 years 7 months
transparencyongoinglistslearning-technologyeducators
hkalant/imghost
Feb 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
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