Ravikiran Kawade

Ravikiran Kawade
Coding Instructor & STEM Educator — San Francisco, CA
ravikiran.kawade@outlook.com — (650) 379-5004 — linkedin.com/in/ravikiran-kawade — github.com/rvikwd3
Education
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
2014 — 2018
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering
Experience
Hak Learning
San Francisco, CA
Course Designer & Teacher — haklearning.com
Oct 2024 — Oct 2025
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Designed and launched a 16-week coding curriculum, still in use today, that successfully transitioned students from block
coding (Scratch) to Python programming.
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Delivered coding instruction to elementary and middle school students – class sizes ˜26 (up to 50 across sections) students –
across Bay Area schools in Piedmont, Palo Alto.
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Developed hands-on projects and block-to-text coding curriculums using Scratch, OctoStudio, Turtle, Pygame, Raspberry Pi,
and Arduino.
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Designed and launched curriculum to be used by multiple instructors to teach AI literacy, prompt design, responsible use of
AI, and projects using different sources of AI (camera, bot-bot interaction).
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Adapted lesson content to accommodate varying student learning styles and coding exposure levels: Zero coding experience
to 3+ years.
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Mentored students through project completion, creative problem solving, and facilitated resilience when roadblocks occurred,
culminating in a final project.
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Created instructional materials, reward-based learning experiences, classroom exercises, and organized project exhibition to
reinforce learning outcomes.
City Dance Studios
San Francisco, CA
Operations & Front Desk
Aug 2024 — Oct 2025
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Managed operations supporting classes ranging from 10 to 150+ participants across multiple locations.
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Identified operational bottlenecks (inefficient data storage, retrieval, verification) in registration and attendance workflows,
leading to the design and development of a studio-wide automation platform.
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Coordinated registration, payments, customer support, and day-to-day operational workflows.
Amdocs
Herndon, VA
R&D Software Engineer
June 2019 — Sept 2020
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Developed enterprise customer service platforms supporting 55,000+ telecom support agents.
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Collaborated with engineering and product teams to automate case-management workflows and reduce manual operational
effort.
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Designed features that improved SLA compliance and reduced resolution times for common customer service issues.
Skills
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Instruction: Curriculum Development, Lesson Planning, Classroom Instruction, Student Mentorship, Project-Based Learn-
ing
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Teaching Technologies: Scratch, OctoStudio, Python, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Pygame, AI Playground
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Topics: Computer Science Fundamentals, Creative Computing, AI Literacy, Physical Computing
Projects
Front Desk Automation at City Dance Studios
June 2025
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Gathered requirements from instructors, administrators, and front desk staff to design a workflow automation platform
reducing manual operational overhead.
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Built web and mobile applications using Remix and Expo to streamline registration, attendance tracking, and payment
workflows.
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Designed CRM functionality supporting scheduling, memberships, refunds, rentals, and multi-user transactions.
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Consolidated operational data into searchable digital records while preserving compatibility with existing workflows.