Our Mission
Deadly Coders is an Indigenous-owned coding initiative, established by Junior Engineers in 2021. Our mission is to bring STEM education to every primary and secondary Indigenous child in the next 10 years.
Junior Engineers had been delivering STEM workshops to primary and secondary school students and saw the under-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in their coding workshops first-hand.
To combat this, working closely with Indigenous advisors and mentors, Junior Engineers initiated a pilot program. They used their knowledge and experience gained over 10 years of working with children to make tailored STEM programs fun, hands-on and engaging for Indigenous students.
The pilot program delivered learning programs to more than 300 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youngsters over ten hands-on and fun coding and robotics workshops. It is just the beginning.
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Our mission is to ensure the right message reaches the right person in your community in the simplest way possible. By streamlining administrative tasks, we empower you to focus on what you do best – running your institution.
Innovation is at our core. Deadlycoders was the first communications app developed specifically to solve communications challenges for schools, and this experience and history has given us the knowledge to drive innovative solutions and expand our business to support the broader education and community sector.
An Indigenous-owned initiative
In 2023, Junior Engineers handed Deadly Coders to community to ensure programs continue to deliver in core areas of need. In June 2023, the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) recognised Deadly Coders as an Indigenous-owned initiative, and the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) recognised Deadly Coders as a not-for-profit entity. Deadly Coders is also registered as a Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.
As an indigenous-owned initiative, we provide access to fully funded, accessible and existing coding and STEM Education programs. We focus on establishing networks, connecting participants to community figures and role models in the industry. In doing this, we demonstrate directly to Indigenous youth that they can confidently pursue STEM fields in their future.
Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
Our Board
Established in 2023, Deadly Coders is based on Turrbal and Yuggera Country in Meanjin (Brisbane) at the EdTech Group’s headquarters in Milton. We are an indigenous-owned, not-for-profit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation, governed by a voluntary Board of leading STEM educators, engineers, and Indigenous engagement professionals.
Our Board Members
Grant is a descendant of the Gumbaynggirr and Biripi people from Northern New South Wales. With over 16 years’ experience as a structural engineer, Grant is the director of the Jabin Group, an Indigenous owned engineering consultancy.
He is also the Chairman of the Indigenous Engineers Group and hopes to provide opportunities to current and future Indigenous engineers through the group. Grant has experience across a wide range of projects and disciplines within the engineering field including Facades, SD, Design Management, Procurement and Fabrication.
Chenoa is a proud Waka Waka and Kalkadoon woman, heritage from her mother’s side, and has lived most of her life on Quandamooka land at Moreton Bay.
A specialist teacher, Chenoa began her career working in high schools specialising in HPE and Maths. Chenoa found herself drawn to engaging students who were struggling in a mainstream classroom, and with differentiated learning needs.
As a former elite Netballer, Chenoa moved into a Diversity and Inclusion role at Queensland Netball, before moving back into education as a diversity, equity and inclusion specialist. Chenoa spent many years during university volunteering teaching in the Northern Territory, Vanuatu, the Maldives and the Philippines. She also interned at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence’s Digital Excellence Team.
Eva Hopewell is a Bundjalung woman, born and raised in Queensland. Eva is a driven data analyst with a particular interest in using storytelling in data visualisation to bring data to life in her role as a Senior Analyst, Data & AI at Accenture.
In addition to her studies at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) where she completed a Bachelor of Information Technology, Eva is currently undertaking a Research Honours Project at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), investigating cultural safety in technology education. She has lived experience being the only Aboriginal person or woman in technology classrooms, which is a key driver for her strong motivation in engaging and inspiring Indigenous youth in STEM.
Andrew Brodie is a passionate educator and leader with over 15 years of experience in education, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, as well as partnership development across industries such as motoring, banking, and publishing. As the co-founder and Director of Deadly Coders, Andrew is the driving force behind the organization’s mission to empower First Nations students through STEM education and career pathways.
For over a decade, Andrew has dedicated his time and expertise to the educational and economic empowerment of Indigenous communities. He leads the organization’s school partnerships and manages critical relationships with government, corporate, and university stakeholders to expand the reach and impact of Deadly Coders. With a strong focus on reducing disparities in STEM-related studies and careers, Andrew spearheads initiatives that create lasting opportunities for First Nations students.
Adam is the Managing Director and CEO of the EdTech Group, a national education and training organisation specialising in digital technologies education. Together, the EdTech Group’s industry-leading brands, Junior Engineers, Audiri, and Cyber Pathways, deliver world-class digital technologies education, school communications software and cyber security education to support educational institutions, corporate organisations, parents and students.
Prior to joining the EdTech Group, Adam was the CEO of The Australian Institute of Personal Trainers, Australia’s leading Registered Training Organisation (RTO) specialising in the delivery of health and wellness, nutrition, and fitness qualifications across a network of 110 campuses nationwide.
Adam’s background is in corporate finance, having worked for a Sydney-based corporate advisory house, specialising in medium and smaller corporates, divisions of major corporations, private families and high net worth individuals. Adam worked across a number of national and international transactions including mergers and acquisitions, strategic advice, IPO’s, capital raisings, valuations, underwritings, financial structuring, corporate restructures, governance and risk management.
