This is us
Gretelle Daffon
Managing Director
My background in journalism and copywriting sparked my interest in web development, more specifically in front-end development and design. What started out as a pursuit to further my skills, turned into a deep appreciation for the field. I aim to connect our students with the digital world and help them find their passion in the world of technology
Antonello Sanna
Instructor
After graduating in the UK in Sound Engineering and Design, he taught himself JavaScript/Node and front-end web development and since then he has never wanted to do anything else! Antonello is now helping other people to learn coding here at Barcelona Code School.
Skills: JavaScript, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Mongoose, React, Redux, React Native, Mobx, Meteor.js, jQuery, HTML, CSS.
George Kovalev
Instructor
George is the founder of Barcelona Code School and instructor. Coding has been a life-long passion for George which started from creating his first game as a 10 y.o. kid.
His experience in both entrepreneurship and coding gives a unique twist to the curriculum and teaching approach at Barcelona Code School.
Marina Tudela
Senior UX Designer
My work seeks the harmony between service and beauty. With a background in visual communication, I am currently immersed in Experience Design at Haufe, a company focusing in innovative media and software solutions.
Sophie Goldenberg
Graphic designer
Graphic & Motion Designer, she has always been passionately interested in art, design and film making. Sophie studied Fine Arts in Moscow and then moved to Barcelona to study Graphic Design. Since then she has been working on personal projects and improving her skills in every artistic area possible.
Christopher Barklem
UI/UX expert, instructor
Chris has worked as a designer and programmer for over 20 years. Helping startups and global corporate clients create successful and sustainable digital services. He has worked with the smallest of Barcelona’s startups to leading financial institutions such as BBVA, Barclays and ING.
He continues to work with Barcelona startups and European clients both in product design, application development, teaching and process design consulting. He has been teaching UX design in Barcelona for over 5 years and is an evangelist for the Agile and Lean UX design movement.
Sebastian Marichal
Robotics instructor
I’m a computer science researcher with special interest in Human Computer Interaction. Currently I’m a PhD student and my main interest is to determine how physical interaction supports cognition in different contexts and through diverse interaction paradigms such as tangibles, mixed-reality and wearbles devices.
I’ve been also working with children for my Bachelor thesis where I’ve developed a mixed-reality interface for children with cerebral palsy.
I also enjoy DIY and taking part into creative projects. I’m always searching new projects and challenges in order to continue my personal and professional developing.