Summary
Carl Davidson is a product-focused founder and former attorney who leverages 12 years of experience building legal and HR technology products to remove friction from law using AI. As Co-Founder of Candle AI and with senior product roles at MetLife, Legalpad (acquired by Deel), and INSZoom, he blends domain expertise in immigration and corporate legal workflows with product strategy and adoption. He pairs rigorous legal training (J.D., Indiana University) with hands-on technical interest—professionally working in 3D visualization and independently developing tectonics.js, a browser-based 3D planet simulator. Based in Los Angeles, Carl is skilled at translating complex regulatory requirements into pragmatic, user-centered software and is comfortable moving between technical prototyping and go-to-market execution.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at University of Michigan
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.) at Indiana University Maurer School of Law
School of Professional Studies, School of Professional Studies at Northwestern University
Spanish, Tagalog, English