 Giant Campus was geared towards developing original course content, mapping to both the Washington Career and Technical Education and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills frameworks in business innovation, computer science, and digital arts.Giant Campus was founded in 1997, by president and chief executive officer Pete Findley.The idea came when Findley was a business school student at the University of Washington and created a detailed business plan for a network of summer camps to teach middle and high school kids new media skills—including multimedia and web design on college campuses.