The Team, that'll get you to the next level

For more than 15 years, the Hamburg native with Indian roots worked in business development for companies such as AOL Europe and the Bertelsmann Group. In the process, she repeatedly discovered that the implementation of the digital transformation depends massively on the availability of qualified employees. In recent years, she accompanied a U.S. education fund with a focus on investments in innovative education and workforce acquisition models. There, she came to appreciate the established Technology Bootcamps that successfully train career changers to become in-demand developers and Data Scientists. These bootcamps not only create more digital workers, but also more diversity in digital jobs. Without further ado, she founded in Germany; the birth of neuefische - School and Pool for Digital Talent. "Don't complain, just do it," is her motto.

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Concentrated experience from over 15 years of development: In permanent positions and as a freelancer, Jerry has already worked for renowned companies such as JvM Next, SinnerSchrader, Libri and XING. As a coach, participants and employers alike appreciate him because he always intersperses playful elements for a sense of achievement without losing sight of modern technologies and clean code. 


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We are happy to have her on board: Tereza received her PhD in Information Retrieval at the L3S Research Institute in Hannover in 2012 and worked as a Lead Data Scientist and Data Engineer at FREE NOW, mytaxi and XING, among others, before joining us. Besides her group "PyLadies" she is an ambassador for Women in AI in HH and in demand as a speaker at AI conferences worldwide. Fun fact: In her spare time she paints dinosaurs.

International brands such as Maersk and Suntory have already relied on his data expertise, and most recently he was Head of Analytics at the fast-growing mobility startup Free Now. "In every crisis there is also an opportunity" is his motto - and he lives it himself. During the Global Financial Crisis, for example, Andrew took the opportunity to complete his Master's degree in Supply Chain Management at the University of Sydney. Now, fortunately, we have caught him and are quite proud of it too!

At the age of 13, Daniel began establishing programming classes at his school. That was 25 years ago and during this time he helped develop SonarCloud, developed software for stock exchange trading and digitized Munich's emergency control center for local public transport. As a professional and work educator, he helped shape the knowledge development of trainees and junior to senior developers in numerous training courses, lectures and coaching. After his steep career as a Java enthusiast, IT supervisor, lead developer and team coach, he now leads Java boot camps to share passion, knowledge and experience with interested parties.

What a CV: He was a lecturer at the TH Ostwestfalen-Lippe and is Head of Technology, as well as Co-Founder of the Brand Studio DIO in Cologne. By understanding basic principles, his students quickly turn concrete technologies into useful tools - instead of tedious memorization, he relies on solid basic knowledge and transfer. And when Jan is not coaching, he produces music and leads pen-and-paper sessions.

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Focusing on the user: This is how Nora prefers to work. In tech companies, agencies and as a freelancer she has already gained a lot of experience in user experience and interface design in various industries. She brings her practical experience as a team leader and from the areas of film (production), art direction and agile working. Building and sharing knowledge together, supporting and motivating people, that is Nora's drive at neue fische. In her free time you can find her on the yoga mat.

Don't Panic! From Machines to Machine-learning – Nico is a travel companion to the data-driven world.

Studied Biology at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, received a Marie Curie fellowship for a 6-month stay in China and worked for 4 years at KIT as a researcher, where he learned to love working with lots of data while analyzing high-throughput sequencing data. In 2020, he switched to Data Science and has been working for neuefische ever since.

Katharina brings over 15 years of permanent and freelance experience from the IT world and now teaches others what she has been doing there at the highest level: agile IT project management. She loves working hand-in-hand with teams of developers and international environments. So it's no wonder that she has already ensured order, efficiency and fun in complex web projects at tech players like XING and Google. Most recently, she helped build the IT agency Factorial. Now she is – fortunately – part of the neue fische coaching team.

Florian has been gathering insights into software development since 2011 and has already created many of his own projects. During his computer science studies, he was already in charge of the website of the Fraunhofer Institute and completed our Java Bootcamp himself in 2021. It all went so well that he joined us as a coach in the same year and has been inspiring new fish with his affinity for algorithmic thinking ever since.

Dominic's passion for software began in his youth. With his solution-oriented way of thinking and his practical skills, he has already successfully trained many boot camps and always has an open ear for the students!

Whether through musical instruments, flat jokes or acting - for Sergej, good teaching is interactive, entertaining and "remarkable". With a lot of fun with software and even more fun with teaching, Sergej has found a way to live both at neue fische.

Noa’s love for research brought her to the field of data science from her academic background in physics, business, and economics. Their love of creating inclusive learning experiences and supporting folks in their careers made working at neuefische truly joyous. Noa is a pandas maintainer, NumFOCUS board member, and PyLadies and PyData organizer. They co-created the Contributor Experience Community & Handbook, and the useR knowledgebase. They've previously worked with a variety of companies, such as King, Babbel, Auto 1, Plantix, and Quansight Labs.

Evgeny's history in data science actually began when he was studying economics for his master's degree. He is largely self-taught and has worked as a data scientist at Paypal, Here and Smava. There he developed, implemented and maintained machine learning for various use cases. When the opportunity arose to help others at neue fische to enter the field of his passion, the decision was easy for him. Ever since, Evgeny has enjoyed coaching students and helping them tackle real-world data science challenges.

Unusual name? Yes, but that's not all! With a German-Russian migration background, Ernst is aware of the challenges that come with moving to an unfamiliar environment. His passion is to teach career changers to switch to web development. He not only speaks German and English, but also JavaScript in the browser and on the server. As a freelancer and full-stack developer, he has many years of experience in the field of web development and, by the way, is not as unfunny as his name suggests.

As a true AWS Cloud fanatic, Dominic has already managed and implemented various projects of his own over the last 20 years and has continuously developed himself in the field. Born in India, Dominic has an impressive and diverse academic background, having studied mathematics in Madras, India, and AI and data science in the US, where he worked for many years. Dominic has been teaching since his university days and as a coach at neue fische he would like to inspire interested IT newbies with the topic of his heart, AWS Cloud Computing.

With more than 15 years in UX/UI design, our coach Maike brings a lot of (management) experience in the areas of design thinking, UX and product strategy. Before neue fische, she was employed in the UX design team at XING for five years (most recently as team lead), but has also worked for many large customers such as Allianz, Beiersdorf and Hapag Lloyd.

International experience in a wide variety of companies and industries? Our esteemed colleague Elvedin brings quite a bit of that with him. To be precise: 14 years of professional experience, 10 of which as a software consultant in several start-ups from San Francisco and Austin. In Germany, he then gained three years of experience in the automotive and medical industries. And now he is finally with us! With his high standards for clean code and use of cutting-edge technologies, we can always rely on his expertise as Head of Java and AWS - thanks for being part of our team! By the way: In his spare time, Elvedin is a real extreme sportsman and enjoys skydiving, motorcycling and snowboarding.

Prior to neuefische, Marie did an office management apprenticeship in a management consultancy and joined their HR team afterwards. She drove the entire Data Science recruitment process and all HR management topics. Marie started with neuefische in March 2023 and she is based in Cologne. Fun Fact: Marie likes to collect rare, tropical plants.

Maria had a 360° change in careers as she studied and worked as a physical therapist before. She still loves being able to help people, now the focus is on their career choices in tech.

Originally from deep Bavaria, Sebastian moved to Hamburg to get started in the cinema business while completing his master's degree in public and non-profit studies! After starting as a working student at neue fische, he started working in the admissions team after graduating and looks forward to finding the perfect bootcamp with new faces every day! Fun fact: Sebastian has a punk band in Augsburg that he likes to perform after a few beers!

Before neue fische Carolin finished her studies in pedagogy and worked as a professional dancer and dance teacher for a long time. Fun Fact: Carolin once had an acting role in the German TV series Köln 50667.

Originally from Lake Constance, Melanie moved for her Master M.Sc. Sociology & Social Research to Cologne. The professional path led from research to a store manager position in a café, to a sales manager position in an ice cream start-up, to freelance work for Teddy Teclebrhan and ultimately to the admissions team at neue fische. Anything but linear, but all jobs had in common that she enjoys working with people.

In Münster Katrin studied chemistry, history and german and became a teacher in Berlin and Cape Town at the german school. Since September 2022, we are happy to have her on board as a part of the admissions team at neue fische.

After Amelie finished her masters degree in sustainable destination management all over Europe, she started working as a (HR-) manager at the CinemaxX Hamburg Dammtor. After several years within the event industry, she decided that it is time for a change and a dive into a more sustainable industry. Amelie started working at neue fische December 2021 and is based in Hamburg. Fun Fact: She won a Harry Potter crossword puzzle without ever reading one of the books.

Before Franz joined neue fische he was working as a Coach and in the HR department in different companies. He has a bachelor’s degree in business psychology and a qualification as office clerk. Funfact: Franz loves fantasy novels. Especially The Witcher and The Lord of the Rings.

Every day is different" was Sina's first conclusion after joining neue fische. And that's a good thing, because she's fascinated by meeting people with a wide variety of backgrounds, stories, and experiences, and advising them on how to enter the tech world. As a graduate of the Master's program in International Management, with a focus on Human Resources, she gained experience in the HR departments at Uptain, alphacoders and Sky, which she now brings to our team.

I'm a native of Düsseldorf, but my heart is set on Kölle!" Thanks to sentences like this, we took Shari to our hearts when she started at neue fische in 2020, first as a working student and later as a permanent employee. Since then, she and her team have helped countless people make a successful start in IT. That's exactly what makes her happy and motivates her in her job. Thank you, Shari - we are just as happy to have you on board!

Anne's heart beats for Cologne and for education! She is fascinated by people's career choices and life decisions - so what could be more natural than to start at neue fische? Here, she oversees the information and selection process for applicants and students in Cologne and is there to lend an open ear during all phases of the bootcamp. It is particularly important to her that the bootcamp is the right path for applicants - that's why she likes to ask questions about motivation.