8 founders of IT schools who are developing technological education in Armenia

Marie-Lou Papazian
Co-founder and CEO of TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, an international educational program in the field of creative technologies. Since 2011, she has been leading TUMO, overseeing the organization's development, educational programs, and international expansion. Under her leadership, TUMO has grown into a global educational network that provides free access to teenagers for learning in areas such as programming, robotics, game development, animation, design, and other technologies.

Narek Aslikyan
Co-founder and CEO of Armenian Code Academy, one of the leading organizations in the field of technological education in Armenia. The academy focuses on training and retraining IT specialists, developing programs tailored to the needs of the technological market. Since 2015, ACA has grown into a large educational center offering programs in programming, Data Science, Machine Learning, cybersecurity, Product Management, and other technological fields.

Vardan Grigoryan
Vardan Grigoryan is the founder of Code Republic, an Armenian educational project specializing in developer training. He has been involved in teaching programming and bootcamp education since 2012. In 2022, Picsart acquired Code Republic, after which its team became part of Picsart Academy.

Diana Hakobyan
Diana Hakobyan is the founder of PIXEL IT School and co-founder of PIXEL IT. The school in Armenia teaches programming, design, marketing, languages, and creative thinking. Around 1,500 students have graduated from the school, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in IT companies.

Gohar Khachatryan
Gohar Khachatryan is the co-founder of Codzilla. The educational center was founded in Yerevan in 2018. The project specializes in technological education for children and develops skills in programming, algorithmic thinking, and problem-solving. Currently, Codzilla educates children not only in Armenia but also in other countries.

Martin Mirakyan
Martin Mirakyan is a graduate of the American University of Armenia and a specialist in computer science and machine learning. After working at Picsart and the YerevaNN research lab, he founded Profound Academy, an educational project that emphasizes practical training in programming and technology.

Yervand Tadevosyan
Co-founder and CEO of Ararat IT School, founded in 2020 in the city of Ararat. The school promotes IT education outside of Yerevan and helps young people from the regions gain technological skills and opportunities for professional development. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Fantasy Space, a company focused on digital product development, automation, and AI implementation.

Nune Hovhannisyan
Nune Hovhannisyan is the co-founder and CEO of Armath Global, an educational initiative that promotes engineering and technological education among schoolchildren. Armath works with a network of engineering labs and teaches children programming, robotics, and other technological fields.