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TOMMY GAESSLER '16: WISE AND GENEROUS BEYOND HIS YEARS

It's unusual for a promising graduate of Regis Jesuit High School to postpone or forgo college to gain a skill, but Tommy Gaessler '16 is a rare case indeed. His decision to enroll in a six-month coding boot camp at Galvanize in Denver to learn software engineering has helped him “zoom” ahead of most people his age and find personal and professional success. - Regis Jesuit | November 17th, 2025

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Drone company demonstrates school safety solution at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora

In a demonstration at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora Thursday, Texas-based company Campus Guardian Angel unveiled drone technology that could change how schools nationwide respond to threats. - ABC News | Denver 7 | July 10th, 2025

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From high school to bootcamp to lasting career in tech

Tommy Gaessler graduated from our Intermediate Coding Bootcamp back in 2016. His initial interest in coding began early in life, inspired by playing Minecraft with friends and pursued through high school coding courses. After high school, he enrolled in the bootcamp and launched a career that he's still enjoying today, now as a Senior Developer Advocate and Software Engineer at Zoom. - Galvanize | Hack Reactor | May 5, 2023

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Tribe upgrades online fitness classes from local studios

After migrating to Zoom's Video SDK, Tribe was able to significantly enhance the application experience for users while also lowering their CPU usage. Zoom's lead developer advocate for Video SDK, Tommy Gaessler, was extremely helpful in providing technical guidance during our development. - Zoom | Tribe | May 5, 2023

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Top 20 Developer Advocates

As a Developer Advocate for Zoom, Tommy focuses on the API and Developer Relations side of Zoom's App Marketplace. He has many laudable projects under his belt, and was named one of the top 15 innovators in Colorado under 25 in 2019. Tommy is the editor of the Zoom Developer Blog, and also authors many articles himself. He specializes in Node.js, Angular, and Amazon Web Services. - Mend | Jan 16, 2020

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Meet Colorado's Top 15 Entrepreneurs and Innovators Under 25 Years Old!

Gaessler took an unusual path to his first job, choosing to enroll in a six-month coding school at Galvanize, rather than college, when he finished up at Regis Jesuit High School in 2016. Since then, Gaessler landed a software development job at health insurance startup Apostrophe, took part in Techstars Boulder and recently took a job at Zoom Video Communications. He now currently works on Zoom's App Marketplace, both on the API and the developer relations side. - American Inno | Sep 18, 2019

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in July that he anticipated the company would enter "production hell" for the Model 3.

Tommy Gaessler, a first-day reservation holder, said his timeline was also pushed back by one month. Gaessler ordered a dual-motor all-wheel-drive Model 3, an option that Tesla has said won't be produced until Spring 2018. Gaessler now expects to receive the car between September and November 2018 instead of August to October 2018. - Business Insider | Nov 3, 2017

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Sports film-editing software wins CU NVC Championship

Give & Go, an automated film editing platform for sports teams and coaches, took home top honors at the University of Colorado Boulder's New Venture Challenge (NVC) Championship on Thursday night, winning first place in the annual event that showcases entrepreneurial innovation from across campus. Give & Go, co-founded by CU Boulder students Mac Bolak, Andrew Casner and Nick Erokhin, allows coaches to edit game film up to 72 times faster than the competition. The project will receive $14,000 in award money as well as $50,000 convertible note from Brad Feld and Dan Caruso, two of Boulder's most notable entrepreneurs. - University of Colorado Boulder | Apr 7, 2017

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Student Spotlight: Tommy Gaessler of Galvanize

Learn why Tommy decided to take the road less traveled after high school, and see how his current tech education is giving him the tools needed to work as a developer in a startup and run his own company! - Course Report | Dec 22, 2016

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What takes place at Sports Authority Field during a Broncos bye week? A student hack-athon.

Tommy Gaessler 19 years old (L) and Chris Ireland 18 years old with Galvanized, finish up on a presentation November 20, 2016 as teams of college students finish up their projects after camping out and hacking technology for 36 hours as part of the Denver Broncos Tackle STEM program. The hackathon is being co-produced by Denver-area tech companies SendGrid and FullContact. Teams presented their hacking to a panel of judges including Broncos tackle Russell Okung at Sports Authority at Mile High. - The Denver Post | Nov 20, 2016

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Fox 31 News Interview of Tommy Gaessler at the Broncos Hackathon

Tommy Gaessler being interviewed by Fox 31 News at the Denver Broncos Hackathon sponsored by SendGrid and FullContact. - Fox 31 News | Nov 19, 2016

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Why One High School Senior Bypassed College to Learn to Code

“It was six months long, a fraction of the cost of college and totally focused on preparing you for and helping you find a job,” recalls Gaessler - Galvanize | Oct 26, 2016

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