Tyler Menezes is the CEO of CodeDay, where he has helped more than 70,000 students use technology and creativity to make meaningful changes to their world.
Born in Canada but raised in the Pacific Northwest, he briefly attended the University of Washington before dropping out to start a Y Combinator and venture-backed social video startup in 2011. This, combined with stints working on AI at Microsoft Research and several startups, has informed his data-driven approach to building a more talented, creative, and innovative technology workforce since 2014.
Tyler's work in education has led to his recognition as one of Forbes Magazine's "30 Under 30" in 2019, Forbes "Under 30 Innovators You Need to Know", Tech&Learning Magazine's "Most Inspiring in EdTech", and others. He has authored many peer-reviewed publications on CS education, served as Principal Investigator on National Science Foundation awards for STEM education, and has spoken about technical mentorship at leading software engineering and education conferences around the world.
You can learn more about Tyler on the mostly-accurate Wikipedia page.
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Publications
FeaturedSIGCSE, February 17, 2026
FeaturedTOSEM, January 5, 2026
FeaturedITiCSE, July 8, 2024
ITiCSE 2026
FSE 2026
AERA Annual Meeting
SIGCSE
CHASE, April 27, 2025
SIGCSE, March 20, 2024
FIE, October 18, 2023
SIGCSE, March 15, 2023
Koli Calling, November 17, 2022
ITiCSE, July 1, 2022
SIGCSE, March 3, 2021
ICASSP, May 27, 2011
Research Grants
National Science Foundation
Washington Employment Security Department / US Department of Labor WIOA
National Science Foundation
Washington Employment Security Department / US Department of Labor WIOA
Press
FeaturedForbes, November 6, 2019
FeaturedTech & Learning, June 24, 2019
FeaturedForbes, November 11, 2018
Executive Director, July 3, 2024
The Fintech Times, June 11, 2024
GeekWire, June 4, 2020
Forbes, October 10, 2019
diginomica, June 6, 2018
Geekwire, November 11, 2016
425 Business, May 29, 2015
Talks & Interviews
FeaturedScALE 21x, March 16, 2024
FeaturedTEDx, May 7, 2022
CCBA National Conference, February 11, 2025
Discrete Math & Cybersecurity Symposium, February 7, 2025
Open Source Summit Japan, December 8, 2025
Open Source Summit Japan, December 8, 2025
Mplify GNE, November 10, 2025
Cornell University Future of Learning Lab (Bowers College of Computing and Information Science), October 31, 2025
FOSSY, July 31, 2025
HI-TEC 2025, July 23, 2025
ScALE 22x, March 6, 2025
Community College Baccalaureate Association, February 5, 2025
University of Washington, October 30, 2024
Eclipse Foundation OCX, October 24, 2024
FOSSY, August 1, 2024
Toorcamp, June 26, 2024
PyCon, May 18, 2024
Linux Foundation Open Source Summit, April 16, 2024
Linux Foundation Open Source Summit, April 16, 2024
Community College Baccalaureate Association, February 16, 2024
UC Santa Cruz, September 28, 2023
WACSE, May 5, 2023
PyCon, April 22, 2023
Community College Baccalaureate Association, February 14, 2023
HPCC Systems Conference, October 10, 2022
SpotClub, September 20, 2021
MIT LaunchX, July 27, 2021
Innovate Pasadena, April 15, 2021
Pursuing Greatness, March 4, 2021
HPCC Systems Conference, October 9, 2020
SEC, September 25, 2020
CodeDay Labs, July 30, 2020
Google, January 31, 2020
ToorCamp, July 1, 2018
US State Department IVLP, August 10, 2017
University of Washington Foster School of Business, January 17, 2017
Western Washington University, October 20, 2014
Geekwire Radio, March 31, 2012
TEDx Redmond, January 4, 2012