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University IT Technology Training classes are only available to Stanford University staff, faculty, students and Stanford Hospitals & Clinics employees. A valid SUNet ID is needed in order to enroll in a class.

If there are no dates for an upcoming class, check back to this page for updates or submit a custom training request.

Adam Keppler

Adam Keppler

Adam graduated Summa Cum Laude with his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (CS) from UCI specializing in Computer Architecture (2017), and subsequently continued on to further his studies in the field with a Master in CS (2020) from the Stanford School of Engineering.
Alan Demafiles

Alan Demafiles

Alan Demafiles is a freelance 3D motion designer based in Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in film, he began his career as a video editor working with MTV and The Tonight Show.
Antony Ross

Antony Ross

Antony originally attained a degree in psychology with an emphasis in sport psychology. He began working with athletes and eventually chose to pursue a graduate degree in exercise physiology. He conducted research in muscle physiology while teaching at USC and, subsequently, UCLA.
Ashley Griffin

Ashley Griffin

Ashley Griffin, PhD, MSPH, is a medical informatics postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System Center for Innovation to Implementation.
Chen-Hsiang (Jones) Yu

Chen-Hsiang (Jones) Yu

Dr. Chen-Hsiang (Jones) Yu is a full Teaching Professor at Northeastern University. He is also an affiliated faculty member at the Center for Dynamical Biomarkers, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. He earned B.Eng. and M.S.
Daria Kirilenko

Daria Kirilenko

Daria Kirilenko is a subject matter expert in marketing, executive business intelligence and analytics requirements with over seven years of industry experience driving significant business impact.
David Casuto

David Casuto

David Casuto is a 20-year veteran in the fields of software training, curriculum design, and training facilitation.
Don Cameron

Don Cameron

Don is the Instructional Design lead in Technology Training, and has been at Stanford since 1998. He teaches collaboration and communication classes, along with courses on Google Apps, Smartsheet, and survey design.
Dong Liang

Dong Liang

Dong Liang is currently the lead instructional designer for the Stanford University Technology Training Team. Dr. Liang holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and a doctorate degree from the University of Chicago.
Erika Cespedes

Erika Cespedes

Erika Cespedes is a Costarican-born commercial and fine art photographer. Her fine artwork focuses on daily narrative life events in natural settings, while her commercial work focuses on food photography and advertising.
Griffin Okamoto

Griffin Okamoto

Griffin is a data science and analytics professional with 6 years of experience. A Bay Area native, she earned her Bachelor's in Statistics at UC Davis and Master's in Analytics at University of San Francisco.
Harri Emari

Harri Emari

Dr. Harri Emari is an independent corporate trainer with over 20 years of training, coaching, and part-time university lecturing experience. Harri is a Construction Project Management Professional (PMP) with a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) Degree in Strategic Management.
Igor Ovchinnikov

Igor Ovchinnikov

Igor Ovchinnikov has been teaching software productivity classes for over 20 years. Stanford staff have enjoyed his training since around 2007. His training philosophy stems from a strong belief that learning is a perpetual cycle of new discoveries and improvement.
Irina Zaks

Irina Zaks

Irina Zaks is a web developer, a technology teacher, and an open-source software evangelist with Stanford Open Source Lab. She is working on developing advanced web solutions for research and academia.
JD Beltran

JD Beltran

JD Beltran is a photographer, artist, filmmaker, writer, and journalist. Her photographic and artistic practice explores expanding the concept of visual storytelling. For over a decade, her award-winning work has investigated storytelling through the blending of traditional artistic pra
Jennifer G Johnson

Jennifer G Johnson

Jennifer grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado and lives in Vail, Arizona now. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems and a Master of Science Degree in Technology.
John Keppler

John Keppler

Dr. John Keppler currently leads the Technology Training program at Stanford University. He has over 25 years of corporate training and higher education experience.
Joseph LoCicero

Joseph LoCicero

Joseph LoCicero is a Connecticut based designer and educator. He is currently an online instructor teaching typography at NYIT and branding at Bellevue University. He is teaching digital design and public speaking classes at several other colleges both online and in the classroom.
Josh David Alpert

Josh David Alpert

Josh Alpert is a seasoned Principal Software Engineer at AlgoWorks.ai, based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. 
Joshua Barnett

Joshua Barnett

Joshua is a leader in Information Technology, Security, and Artificial Intelligence, with 25 years of experience across the automotive, renewable energy, and academia sectors.
Julie Bellemare

Julie Bellemare

Dr. Julie Bellemare is a highly accomplished education leader with over two decades of experience in collegiate and professional teaching and course development.
Kim Silverman

Kim Silverman

VP of Productivity, Kim Silverman is a dynamic, result-driven professional with more than 10 years experience in the consulting, training, and development Industries.  Principal strengths include resourceful troubleshooting, developing systems to enhance productivity and developing rapport q
Lionel Levine

Lionel Levine

Lionel Levine is an independent educator with over 5 years of training experience. Lionel has developed and taught courses and seminars at the undergraduate and graduate levels, in topics ranging from computer programming, algorithms, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Population Health.
Mary Iqbal

Mary Iqbal

Mary Iqbal is a recognized technology leader with over 20 years of experience leading transformational technology initiatives.
Michael Magreta

Michael Magreta

I have over 20 years of experience working with Microsoft programs in both educational and professional settings. This experience spans from simple, as-needed problem-solving techniques, to very complex, pro-active strategies to increase efficiency and production.
Mike Stuedemann

Mike Stuedemann

Mike is a Co-Founder and Partner at agilityIRL where he educates, coaches and consults with individuals, teams, and organizations in pursuit of building products that delight their customers.
Milad Jasemi Zargani

Milad Jasemi Zargani

Dr. Jasemi is an Assistant Professor of Computer Informatics in the Michael E. Stephens College of Business at the University of Montevallo. He earned his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2010.
Pierre Khawand

Pierre Khawand

Pierre Khawand has more than twenty years of experience in the software industry. He has led several technology ventures, completed successful mergers and acquisitions, and founded People-OnTheGo to focus on helping organizations and teams in the areas of innovation, leadership, and mindfulness.
Ray Villalobos

Ray Villalobos

Ray Villalobos is an AI and Full-stack Development teacher and trainer. He works as a Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning where he's author more than 120 courses. He's also a public speaker who has appeared in conferences like GitHub Universe, OReilly's Fluent and others.
Rebekah A Venturini

Rebekah A Venturini

I am a professional graphic designer and artist. I am an MFA graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and received a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Richard Goring

Richard Goring

Richard is a Director at BrightCarbon, the specialist presentation and eLearning agency. He enjoys helping people create engaging content and communicate effectively using visuals, diagrams, and animated sequences that explain and reinforce the key points.
Ronald Zachara

Ronald Zachara

Ronald has worked at 4 TV stations of the last 13 years has been at NBC Chicago. The last 6 years he has been a part of the Special Projects/Investigative Unit. He has more than 20 years of television editing and photography experience.
Sarah Pellegrini

Sarah Pellegrini

Sarah Pellegrini is a distinguished mindfulness and leadership coach based in Lausanne, specializing in executive coaching. She is the founder of Delightful Brains and a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher, having completed a two-year program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
Tim Schwartz

Tim Schwartz

My teaching experience includes graphic design and typography courses as a faculty member of the Visual Communication department at Northern Arizona University (2017-2021) and Colorado State University (2015-2016).
Tommie Lee Washington

Tommie Lee Washington

Tommie Lee Washington is an Emmy Award winning graphic designer and an animator of motion graphics, who has been working in the design and broadcast industry for over 30 years.