Chris is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University and  the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times. At Columbia he is a founding member of the executive committee of the Data Science Institute, and of the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics as well as the Department of Systems Biology.

Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia he was a Courant Instructor at NYU and earned his PhD at Princeton University in theoretical physics.

Evan is a Clinical Associate Professor of Computer Science at NYU where he teaches foundational CS courses.

Evan is also involved in the local NYC tech scene as a board member of New York Tech Meetup, VP of the Internet Society of NY, and a member of the investment committee for the NYU Innovation Venture Fund.

Andrea is a technologist and leader based in Washington DC. She was previously a software developer and Manager at AWS where she worked on Just Walk Out (a type of AI surveillance system for convenience stores), and is now pursuing a Masters in Law and Technology and researching AI policy at Georgetown University Law Center.

She has a degree in math and computer science from Lewis & Clark College. Andrea was a hackNY in 2017 and was an associate board co-chair 2021-22.

Randall is a VP Cloud and Customer Innovation at Caylent and hackNY class of 2011 alumNY. Randall is a technologist and hands-on keyboard coder based in Los Angeles, CA. Previously, Randall led software teams at Facebook, SpaceX, AWS, MongoDB, and NASA. Randall spends most of his time listening to customers, building demos, writing blog posts, and mentoring junior engineers. Python and C++ are his favorite programming languages, but he begrudgingly admits that Javascript rules the world.

Outside of work, Randall loves to read science fiction, advise startups, travel, and ski.

Steve is the Co-Founder & CEO of Pin, a candidate sourcing tool that helps automates tedious hiring tasks and reduces time-to-hire. Prior to Pin his last business, Interseller which helped recruiters find and make contact with candidates, was acquired by Greenhouse. Steve has been working to connect candidates to the folks hiring them for years in addition to hiring and interviewing engineers for his own businesses.

Steve lives with his wife and daughter in Downtown Brooklyn. He spends his free time building Raspberry Pi powered machine learning clusters and playing video games.

Shy is a proud alum from the class of 2014. Building on a rich career that includes impactful roles at Docker, Contentful, and Major League Hacking, Shy has spent a decade dedicated to empowering developer communities. Shy combines technical expertise with a passion for teaching.

Beyond his professional work, Shy spends his time building unconventional IoT projects, reading long science fiction and fantasy novels, hosting dinners for 10-30 friends every other week.

Sandile is a South African-American technologist and former hackNY fellow (‘14) currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Sandile, who graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science & Mathematics from Temple University in 2015, is passionate about education, community organizing, and the craftsmanship of software engineering.

Today, Sandile works as a Software Engineer at Google in New York leading a team focused on improving learning outcomes for students who use technology in their classrooms.

Eric is the former Executive Director at hackNY. Eric is a business and strategy operations consultant focused on innovation, working with medium and large companies.

He has also served as the GM of NYC’s #1 ice cream shop. Eric led Yahoo’s Hack program for years before moving to New York in 2011.