Seow Jin Kiat, Founder

Founder Seow Jin Kiat, has 2 young children aged 13 and 10, and he has built Code Ninja the way he would teach his own children coding.

Jin is an accomplished management executive who mobilizes teams to collaborate and solve problems through the use of technology with careers at Morgan Stanley and ExxonMobil.

His vision is to instill in every child in Singapore the love for coding so that they can dream big, have fun and get ready to succeed in an exciting technology powered future.

Ahmed Hazyl Hilmy, Master Instructor

Ahmed is a research assistant at the Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education (NIE). He works with a team to design pedagogical strategies and curricula involving the use of immersive learning environments and open-source hardware (such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi).

Ahmed previous work at NIE involved designing educational games in the areas of physics, chemistry, and citizenship education. He has a degree in Computing from the National University of Singapore.

Yuen Ming-De, Master Instructor

Ming-De is a research assistant at Singapore's National Institute of Education specialising in design and development of technology to enhance learning.

Ming-De studied Philosophy at the National University of Singapore and has a diploma in Engineering Informatics. His current research interests include cognition, interdisciplinary curriculum design and game design. Currently he is working with a team that develops 3D virtual worlds and open-source hardware to create collaborative learning.

Nathanael Ng, Master Instructor

Nathanael is a veteran educator, technologist and designer with a Master's degree in Digital Media. Having worked for more than 10 years with institutions such as Nanyang Technological University, Murdoch University and Singapore Polytechnic,

Nathanael has designed numerous curriculum programmes, and conducted numerous lessons, to help students of all ages learn subjects ranging from chemistry to geography to programming and robotics.

Mohamed Afiq, Master Instructor

Mohamed is an experienced software engineer, who graduated from Singapore Management University (SMU) with a degree in Information Systems. As a technical co-founder of multiple start-ups, he has hands-on experience in programming and has coached multiple successful programmers.

Leveraging on his industry experiences, he designs lessons that are practical, useful and engaging.

Avram Wong, Assistant Instructor

Avram is a Mechanical Engineer from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has a love for tinkering and is currently working on game development using the 3D unity platform.

Avram enjoys teaching and interacting with kids. He has a passion for various social causes including helping out at student care centres to provide a warm, caring, healthy and secure environment to school-going children. He is also an active member of the youth ministry at Christalite Methodist Chapel.

Joel Ng, Product & Operations Manager

Joel is currently a Software Product Designer. He has previously worked in the National Institute of Education (NIE) and assisted in the development of multiple teaching technologies and curriculum.

Joel manages the day to day operations of Code Ninja where he uses utilises various technologies and data analytics to improve daily operations.