Qwasar: the Modern
College of Engineering

Enter a new universe of top-level, affordable tech talent programs for the digital economy.

The Leading, Industry-aligned Software Engineering School in

Silicon Valley, California, and Beyond

Qwasar Silicon Valley is the only training provider that trains to Silicon Valley standards in software engineering. We do not compromise on computer science fundamentals, the rigor required to be an engineer, or the standards expected in writing quality code. We’re good at what we do and also boast one of the world’s best adult learning platform for software fields which we use to power our software engineering school as well as partner campuses.

We’re honored to announce that, from thousands of applicants, Qwasar is one of the top 200 companies on Holon IQ‘s North America EdTech 200 list in 2023. We’re one 1 of 12 distinguished startups selected in the competitive STEAM category!

We're on a mission to train millions for the Digital World and make training accessible.

Our Mission

The 4th industrial revolution is here and most companies will become technology companies as digital transformation continues. Today, there’s a huge demand for high-quality digital training to equip the workforce with both hard skills and soft skills that are far beyond what machines can do. We’re on a mission to help as many people as possible train for the digital world, to make our training accessible, and to change diversity in tech.

Our History

Qwasar Silicon Valley was founded in 2019 following successful initiatives in the non-profit world for similar programs.
We’ve spent the last twenty years building training programs for software engineers, including other software engineering schools, and now we’re building an improved learning platform to train millions, not just a few thousand.

Here are some of our accomplishments:

Launched at 16+ campuses globally

Generated $50M in income gains over 5 years

Alumni at Tier 1 tech companies across California and around the world

3 Successful IT & Software Engineering School around the world

Educated 25,000+ students over the last 20 years

Won 3 awards including a distinguished WISE award

Our Team

Kwame Yamgnane

Co-founder, CEO

Gaetan Juvin

Co-founder, CTO

Jennifer Robertson

Co-founder, COO

John Jepsen

Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Analyst

Gabriel Catani

Engineering Lead, Program Manager

Caitlin Carlton

Project Manager

Our Advisory Board

Giorgio Regni

Co-founder & CTO, Scality

Sergio Letelier

VP, Deputy General Counsel

Prof. Greg LaBlanc

Faculty Director

Roger Spitz

Founder and Speaker, Techestential

Cecile Thirion

Principal and Founder, Thirion Associates

Nicolas Guillaume

Sr. Software Engineer, AWS

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Explore our Modern Learning Model

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