Dwayne “Codgi” Codrington ’04 grew up in Barbados, dreaming of becoming a software engineer.
His dream became a reality years later, after he made an audacious move to stand out among his peers at a Florida Tech career fair.
“Everyone else was walking up to the Microsoft booth with the same rehearsed lines, and I thought, ‘I need to stand out,’” Codrington says. “So, I walked right up and basically told them, ‘You’re going to hire me.’ It was bold, but that’s exactly why they remembered me.”
That confident approach earned him an interview for Microsoft’s prestigious technical scholarship—an opportunity for which he beat out 1,000 applicants and that, ultimately, paid for his final year at Florida Tech. Before he had graduated, he had secured a full‑time role.
Codrington proceeded to spend a decade at Microsoft, leading teams across a range of products, including Office, SharePoint and the early foundations of what would become Office 365.
He then spent five years at SkyKick, a key GoDaddy partner, before accepting his current role as a senior software engineering manager on GoDaddy’s Identity Platform team.
Codrington and his team manage the systems that verify people’s identities when they log in to the platform and determine what information or tools they can access once they are signed in. Everyone at GoDaddy—employees and customers—uses these tools to keep accounts secure.
“A big part of my role is coordinating all the moving pieces—planning, setting strategy, keeping our services running securely and managing staffing needs,” Codrington explains. “It’s about developing future talent, supporting the great people we have and bringing teams together to stay ahead of challenges.”
Codrington has also made a significant impact through GoDaddy’s Black in Tech (GDBIT) engineering-focused summer intern outreach program.
In this role, he has helped create meaningful connections between interns and full‑time engineers across the company, strengthening one of GoDaddy’s most important talent pipelines.
His leadership has brought exceptional new talent into GoDaddy’s engineering organization and expanded the GDBIT community.
“Once interns could meet us and see people who look like them thriving here, it showed them a real path forward,” he says. “Representation makes possibility feel real—and helps them believe they can do it, too.”
Q&A
FLORIDA TECH CONNECTION: ’04 B.S. mathematical sciences/computer science
FAVORITE HOBBY: Racing anything with four wheels or playing basketball
SUPERPOWER: Super strength
BEST ADVICE YOU’VE RECEIVED: “Be clear about what you’re working for. Whether it’s your family, your goals or something else, having clarity makes everything else easier.”
This piece was featured in the spring 2026 edition of Florida Tech Magazine.
