Founder, Advisor, and Co-Chair

Jason Huh is a staff software engineer at Google. He is a father of two boys who were students and student coaches of this club. Jason has eleven years of coaching experience in various areas including track/cross country, math competition and programming competitions. 

Advisor

Johannes is Software Architect at Cadence Design Systems. This is the third year of chair / co-chair for Tyee Programming Competition Club.

Co-Chair 

HeeSouk Park is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft. This is his first year as a co-chair of the Tyee Programming Competition Club. 

Co-Chair 

Yan

Head Organizer

Ethan is a junior at Interlake High School and this is his third year as a student coach. He started his coding journey in 5th grade and has since then enjoyed participating in competitive programming competitions, coding for his robotics team, and learning about AI and machine learning! Ethan is passionate about teaching and excited to share his love for coding through TPCC. Outside of the computer science field, Ethan enjoys playing tennis, flute, and piano. 

Head Organizer

Ilina is a junior at Interlake High School. She has been programming since 4th grade and knows Python, Java, Javascript, and more. She joined the club in 8th grade, and this is her 3rd year of coaching competitive programming at Tyee. She hopes that she can spark others' interest in programming and help them understand how to use it in the real world. In her free time, she enjoys lacrosse, running, tennis, competitive programming, and spending time with friends. 

Head of Student Coach, Intermediate Group Lead

Andrew is a sophomore at Interlake High School. He started coding in Python in fourth grade and learned C++ for competitive programming in 6th grade. A member of TPCC since 6th grade and now a coach since 9th grade, he is passionate about promoting interest in all areas of computer science. In his free time, Andrew enjoys programming, practicing for competitive math, and spending time with friends. 

Advanced Group Lead

Jerryl is a senior at University Prep and has been programming since 3rd grade. He learned Python and Java in middle school, has been a member of TCPC since 7th grade, and is now a coach. In his free time, he loves to play video games and tennis. 

Beginner's Group Lead

Ian is a senior at Redmond High School. He first started programming in 6th grade and learned Python and C++. He has been a coach of this club for three years now. His hobbies include playing badminton, cello, and programming. 

Senior Student Coach

Ethan is a sophomore at Newport High School. He first started programming in 7th grade and codes in Python and Java. He's been a member of this club since 8th grade. His hobbies include running, programming, rocketry, and playing video games. 

Senior Student Coach

Raymond is a sophomore at Interlake High School. He's been programming in Python since 6th grade, and started competitive coding in 8th. He has been in the Tyee Programming Competition Club as a student in 8th grade, and a coach in 9th. He enjoys playing badminton, playing video games, and coding in his free time. 

Junior Student Coach

Nereeksh is a freshman at Interlake High School. He has been programming in Java since 5th grade and C++ in 8th grade. He has been a member of Tyee Programming Competition Club since 6th grade, and started to actively participate in competitive programming around December 2023. In his free time, he likes to practice martial arts, play videogames, and eat. 

Junior Student Coach

Elly is a freshman at Newport High School. She started learning Python and C++ in 7th grade. Outside of school, she swims, tutors, and reads. 

Junior Student Coach

Raymond Guo is a freshman at Newport High School. He has been coding in various languages (C, C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript) with varying levels of proficiency since he was in elementary school. He has been in the Tyee Programming Competition Club since 6th grade. In his free time, Raymond enjoys playing video games, coding, and listening to music. He also really likes cats. 

Junior Student Coach

Seohwon "Ted" Yun is a freshman at Interlake high school. He has been coding since 3rd grade, and is very enthusiastic about coding and robotics. Ted mainly codes in java and python. During middle school, he was part of the Tyee Programming Competition Club, and was a finalist in ACSL multiple times. Outside of coding, he enjoys playing tennis, cello, and is involved in many school clubs.

Junior Student Coach

David is a freshman at Newport High School. He started coding in Python in 6th grade and switched to C++ during that same year. He first joined the programming club in 7th grade, and he wishes to help other middle school students who have just begun their programming journey. David also enjoys playing baseball, piano, and playing games during his free time. 

Past Student Coach (2021-2025)

Allen is a senior at Newport High School. He began coding with Python in fifth grade and learned Java the summer before 7th grade, where he started basic competitive programming. He has been a member of Tyee Programming Competition Club since 7th grade, and has actively participated in competitive programming starting in around March 2021 (where he started to use C++). As a coach, he hopes to help others and himself learn. In his free time, Allen plays piano, tennis, basketball, practices for competition math (yay!) and competitive programming, and helps out in clubs.

Past Student Coach (2021-2025)

Ethan is a senior at Newport High School. He has been programming in Python in 3rd grade and C++ in 7th grade. In his free time, he likes to play badminton, do math and programming, and play video games.

Past Student Coach (2021-2025)

Lewis is a senior at Interlake High School. He started learning Python in 6th grade, and began doing competition programming in 7th. Lewis prefers C++ but is also proficient in python (for ML), java, and full stack languages. As an active member since 7th grade and coach since 9th, he hopes to guide and inspire other middle schoolers to begin their programming journeys. During his free time, he enjoys long distance running, programming, physics, playing the oboe, and spending time with friends. He’s also a turtle lover.

Past Student Coach (2021-2025)

Ryan is a senior at Newport High School. He began coding in 6th grade and knows Python, Java, and Javascript. He joined the club in 8th grade, and now hopes to improve and expand the club as a coach. In his free time, he enjoys playing the clarinet, learning about tech, playing video games, and studying cybersecurity.

Past Student Coach (2019-2023)

Sophie is the CEO and founder of Taschen Bags. She also founded Bellevue Bites to support the local restaurants and community during the COVID-19 pandemic as seen on national TV. She enjoys competing in hackathons and using computer science to solve social issues. Sophie is a junior at Newport High School.

Past Student Coach (2019-2022)

Alex is an incoming freshman at the University of Washington, studying Computer Science. He enjoys coding, watching NBA games, and playing golf. As the first student volunteer for the Tyee Programming Competition Club, Alex hopes that the club continues to succeed in future years.

Past Student Coach (2020-2022)

Terence is an incoming freshman at the University of Washington, studying Engineering. In his couple years of experience, he has gathered a diverse understanding of programming, from digging deep with assembly language to writing high level scripts with Python. Having tutored in subjects such as physics and calculus, he hopes to make complex topics easy, fun, and interactive to engage with. Beyond his passion for inspiring exploration into the wide programming world, Terence's pastimes include electronics and chess.

Past Student Coach (2020-2022)

Ryan is an incoming student at Washington State University, studying Computer Science. He began programming (in Java) in the summer of 7th grade, and he is silver rank in the USA Computing Olympiad (USACO).