Daniel Fenjves

Daniel Fenjves is the founder of Upperline Code, a previous Lead K-12 Instructor at The Flatiron School, and a Strategist at YouTube.

At Upperline Code, Daniel Fenjves is responsible for building and teaching intensive courses in web development covering Ruby, Sinatra, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Daniel has also scaled the Flatiron Summer Pre-college program from 100 students in summer 2014, to 800 students in 2015. In addition, they have trained 40+ teachers in web development fundamentals and computer science pedagogy, including a one-week intensive bootcamp designed specifically for educators.

At YouTube, Daniel Fenjves was responsible for developing policy guidelines and analyses to guide the YouTube enforcement team in enacting scalable, efficient, and consistent video reviews. Daniel also provided guidance on complex edge-case policy issues including privacy, free-expression, child safety, terrorism and extremism, artistic nudity, and harmful/dangerous content. Furthermore, they initiated and oversaw the global redesign of YouTube's reporting flows and tools in to a comprehensive 'YouTube reporting center.' Daniel also led the YouTube policy and enforcement team's transition between internal CRM systems. Lastly, they coordinated negotiations around high-risk, sensitive escalations from major YouTube partners.

Daniel Fenjves has a BA in Public Policy Studies from Duke University, a Certificate in Teaching from The New Teacher Project, and is currently studying Full Stack Web Development at The Flatiron School. Daniel has also attended Escuela Campo Alegre and The British School of Caracas.

Some individuals on their team include Nouran Aly - Teacher Development & Curriculum Manager, Jeff Olson - Director of Curriculum and Instruction, and Bernadette Hopen - Director of Operations and Partnerships.