
About Us
A little weird. A lot of fun. (Okay, maybe a lot weird.)
We want to eliminate the skills and opportunity gaps preventing workers and entrepreneurs in rural regions from thriving in the digital economy.
About Codefi
Our History
Codefi opened its doors in the historic Federal Building on November 7, 2014, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the area’s first co-working space and technology incubator with a larger vision for economic growth: to be a catalyst to increase the formation and growth of technology-based companies in our region.

Our Mission
We want to eliminate the skills and opportunity gaps preventing workers and entrepreneurs in rural regions from thriving in the digital economy.
We are entrepreneurs who partner with private and public groups in rural communities to deploy an innovation ecosystem to educate and train digital workers and entrepreneurs, build and attract software-focused companies, and create community spaces to expand the digital economy. In strong digital economies, workers drive innovation and become entrepreneurs, creating local wealth, more economic diversity, and future-proof jobs and occupations.

Our Team
If anything brought us together, it was our dissatisfaction with the status quo. The “security” and “truths” that were promised from ivory towers and institutions (in whatever form that may have been) - yeah, we knew we could do better. Way better. But we also wanted to remove silos, break down barriers, and build a foundation - for a community of people who felt the same. Not just defying the rules; re-writing them. Together. Co-defying.

Liza Buerck
Youth Coding League Coordinator

Shana Burden
Community Manager

Chris Carnell
Co-founder

German Cruz
Code Labs Code Coach

Cara Dirnberger
Digital Workforce Director

Allen Frye
Vice President, Technical Services

Iva Harbison
Operations Manager

Ryan Harris
Junior Software Developer

Lee Hodges
Junior Software Developer

Nolan Hovis
Code Labs Code Coach

Stacy Dohogne Lane
Youth Coding League Director

Paul Messmer
Startup Program Coordinator

Rachel O'Loughlin
Project Manager

Brian Rhodes
Senior Designer

James Stapleton, Ph.D
Co-founder

Human
William Wilder
Code Labs Code Coach

Zach Young
Senior Software Developer
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