John Serrao

John is a product manager, front-end developer and user experience professional, all rolled into one. He is currently the lead developer at THOR Studio, a communications agency in DC, where he develops and leads all technical projects for the agency.

John's career has spanned many disciplines inside of the technology field. He started working as a consultant in the telepresence space for the Human Productivity Lab, where he built their flagship publication into a website. Jolly Green Designs was his first creative agency launched from that experience, from which he was recruited to start a technical division at the DC creative agency CHIEF.

After working across many agencies in the federal government at CHIEF for over three years and establishing both the tech and UX teams, he became CTO + Head of Product for DaoCloud, a wellness social network and marketplace. John helped build the initial application and recruited a development / UX team to further the project along, taking the user base from 200 up to 5000. John's favourite product is Trello; he swears by it as a task management tool and believes it's got the best UX in the business.

In his free time, John is a swimmer who you might just find up at the Wilson Aquatic Center.

In recognition of his exemplary service in the classroom, John has been selected as a member of General Assembly's Distinguished Faculty program. John serves as the chair of GA's Product Advisory Board for our front-end courses.

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Front-End Web Development

Gain critical web development literacy to stand out in tech-driven fields in this 10-week evening course, on campus or online.

9 Times

Software Engineering Immersive

Launch a high-growth career in software engineering. Build fluency in essential skills through this 12-week, full-time program.

2 Times

Talk Like A Programmer

Students will learn basic tech terminology so that they no longer feel at a disadvantage when speaking with developers.

Code in One Day: HTML & CSS Crash Course

Get into front-end web development quickly and easily. Dive head first into HTML & CSS, skill up with live coding exercises, and build a basic web page from scratch.

Free Intro to Coding

Explore the programming languages that power the web and write your first line of code.

Front-End Web Development Remote (Online)

In this 10-week course, students learn to code, speak the language and implement their own designs by learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.