Topic: Education and Startups

Straughan is CEO of Codeup, a career accelerator that uses an immersive approach to training software development to students with little to no prior programming experience. He is the former CEO of Grok Interactive and continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Tech Bloc, is an active member in Vistage, a former board member of LaunchSA, a long-time member of Geekdom, TechStars Mentor, and a founding member of the San Antonio Web Developers Meetup. Straughan has invested in a few local startups including MassVenture and PCSgrades