About Skillspire

Affordable, flexible coding bootcamp
Meet Skillspire

Empowering students to find work they love

Skillspire is a affordable, flexible coding bootcamp on a mission to empower people to pursue the work they love. We serve adult age students (18+) who are looking for a faster and more affordable path to a new career or career advancement. Our goal is to level the playing field by providing training and mentorship to those from under-represented populations. We provide a welcoming environment for everyone, including low-income students, women, and minorities.

With ever tightening immigration rules, we see increased demand for local skilled talent. Many even come with prior tech backgrounds and degrees. Without pathways into our ecosystem, they end up in low-paying jobs: warehouses, airport, rideshares. By training students locally, we aim to source skilled talent locally so that tech companies don’t have to outsource or offshore, all while creating increased diversity in the tech companies.

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Our mission

Break down barriers that preclude women, people of color, and other under represented communities to enter the tech workforce

Our Live Instructors

Learn from intructors with real world experience in the tech industry.

Guzal Noori
IDA Instrutor

Guzal got her Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science in Central Washington University. She is an experienced Data Analyst and Big Data Engineer, generating data by writing T-SQL and PROC-SQL queries in Microsoft SQL Server and SAS platform. She has been in the I.T. industry for 9 years. and also has experience as a Software Developer

Gotham Sharma
Cybersecurity Instructor

Gotham Sharma is a CISO and Cybersecurity Educator. His time is mostly divided between writing, speaking, teaching, advising, and consulting... all things Cybersecurity, all the time. His career has ranged from advising multinational banks (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs) on digital security best practices, to recruiting CISOs, and interviewing world famous hackers.

Melanie L. Milligan
Data Science Instructor

is a Technology Consultant with a passion for Data Analytics, Data Science, and Statistics. With her background in Business and Information Systems, Melanie loves sharing the power of Data Analytics with others to drive innovation and solve organizational problems.

Alfonso Alvarez
Data Science Instructor

is a senior data science consultant on data-driven innovation, and a researcher on the intersection between environmental economics and public health outcomes. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and a Master in Statistics from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Public Policy with a focus on Applied Econometrics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Abshir Mohammed 

Abshir is a full-time Software Engineer at Microsoft. His family is originally from Somalia but he was born and raised in King County. He has a passion for full-stack web development as well as AI and Machine learning. In his free time Abshir enjoys writing spoken word poetry and making little tunes here and there and performing them for my family and friends

Farhad Ahmad

is a software engineer and coding bootcamp instructor with experience building REST APIs and web applications using Java, Spring, Node, and other technologies. They have taught Java/Spring and Full Stack Web Development courses at Skillspire, helping low-income adults transition to new careers.

Judd Vallente
IDA Instructor

is an experienced IT professional with a strong focus on Data Science and Data Analytics. With a wealth of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Architecture, and Solutions Development, Judd has honed his skills to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges.

Abshir Mohamed
FS Python Instructor

He is a Software Engineer from Microsoft with a strong track record of success in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software applications.

Abshir Mohamed
FS Mern Instructor

Abshir is a Software Engineer from Microsoft with a strong track record of success in designing, developing, and delivering high quality software applications

Drake Caruso
Cybersecurity Instructor

Cybersecurity professional with experience in defensive and offensive cyber operations. He is holds various certifications such as CISSP, Pentest + and Security + and he holds a Masters in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from WGU.

Gwel Dela Peña
ADA/Data Science Instructor

Gwel is a Data Scientist who graduated Magna Cum Laude in BS Mathematics with specialization in Applied Statistics. Gwel published a study on Benchmarking Diverse Regression Models for Crude Oil Price Prediction.

Andrew Smith
Java Instructor

is a professional developer with over ten years of experience. Currently working for Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. helping develop enterprise level solutions and nearing completion of a Master’s of Science in Computer Science at Oklahoma State University.

Ruby Vohra
C# and Azure Cloud Instructor

Ruby is a software engineer at T-Mobile. She has been an Instructor with Skillspire since 2020.

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Great for Students, Great for Employers

In addition to empowering our students, we offer a solution for employers. Skillspire provides a pipeline to a diverse workforce filled with motivated, skilled, and adaptive talent. More and more companies are turning to a diverse population to stay competitive in today’s digital landscape. We train our graduates to be able to hit the ground running, so companies can feel confident that we will provide them with fresh, well trained talent. When you become our student, we champion for your success through one-on-one mentorship and job placement assistance. Skillspire is committed to the advancement and evolution of our students. We’re constantly adjusting our curriculum in order to give students the most up-to-date and relevant tech education of today.

If you are a prospective student or partner interesting in learning more about our programs, we would love to hear from you!

I really recommend Skillspire to everyone who wants to get great experience in web development and coding because the people who work here gave me not only knowledge but also a lot of good positive energy to move on. Thanks to Skillspire school, I got an interview and internship in a company where I was able to work with other developers on a really interesting project, and this job?

Elena Sharygina
Skillspire Alumni 2019-2020
Our locations

We offer remote classes online, but also have in person classes for cohorts just outside of the tech hub of Seattle