Instructors

Founder & Lead Instructor - Pahan Dewasurendra:

• Founder and former president of the Oak Valley Coding Club

○ Club team tied for 1st place nationally in the American Computer Science League

○ Has been teaching weekly classes for 5 years

○ Grew to over 100 members

• 2-time ACSL Perfect Scorer, Gold medal at the 2022 Finals competition (one of 17 out of 1744 competitors worldwide)

• USA Computing Olympiad Platinum division qualifier, perfect score in Gold, Silver and Bronze divisions

• Former instructor of the Turing computer science classes at the San Diego Math Circle

Pahan also likes to compete in math competitions, play table tennis, and play the piano in his free time.

Instructor - Kyle Liang:

• USACO Silver division qualifier

• Bronze medal in the 2022 ACSL Finals

• Taught USACO and Python classes in the Oak Valley Coding Club

Kyle's hobbies include playing the piano, reading, eating, and more piano.

Instructor - Aadit Mathur:

• ACSL Perfect Scorer & Silver medal at the 2021 Finals competition

• Taught ACSL and Python classes in the Oak Valley Coding Club

Aadit enjoys coding and making projects with friends. In his free time, you'll most likely catch him reading or playing tennis.

Instructor - Rithvik Madiraju:

• USACO Silver division qualifier

• ACSL Perfect Scorer

• Taught USACO and ACSL classes in the Oak Valley Coding Club

Rithvik is also interested in cybersecurity, robotics, traveling, and learning new cultures and languages.