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Christian Tavares
Christian Tavares

Director of Emerging Programs

Christian is a Software Engineer at Zillow. A graduate of Rutgers University - Newark, he helps facilitate the organization with a focus on developing applications and curriculums to support PIN Programs.

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Garrett Palmeri
Garrett Palmeri

Lead Developer

Garrett is an engineer with Wheels Up. He is our lead engineer, helping to manage both frontend and backend teams

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Katie Kametz
Katie Kametz

Software Engineer

Katie is a software engineer at SevenRooms. She is a member of our engineering team, with focus on backend.

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John Castaldo
John Castaldo

Director of Operations

Jonathan is a Security Engineer @ Effectual Inc. A graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology, he is responsible for the growth of Project Innovate Newark with a focus on finding ways to make each team more productive and successful.

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Ethan Furstoss
Ethan Furstoss

Board Member

Ethan has worked at and advised a large array of companies; from being the founding engineer at some to scaling the efforts of several Fortune 500 companies.

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Nicole Brown
Nicole Brown

Software Engineer

Nicole is a member of our software engineering team, maintaining both our client-facing and admin applications.

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Pranav Shinde
Pranav Shinde

Curriculum Developer

Pranav is a current undergraduate student at Rutgers University - Newark studying Finance and Economics. He is a curriculum developer for BLINK as well as a member of the Finance team.

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Vineel Nadakuditi
Vineel Nadakuditi

Business Teacher

Vineel is a current student at Rutgers Business School studying finance and MIS. He is a teacher for the BLINK program at Northstar Academy and supports our finance team on various projects.

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Tasnim Tabassum
Tasnim Tabassum

CSX Teacher

Tasnim is a currently a senior at Rutgers University - Newark. At PIN, she teaches the CSX Program.

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