Summary
Charles Karpati is an Assistant Professor and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building AI-driven products, blockchain-enabled metaverse features, and data-intensive research tools. He has led engineering and technical strategy as CTO of an AI startup that reached 10,000+ users and a multi-million dollar valuation while open-sourcing tooling for LLM fine-tuning. His background spans end-to-end systems work—cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and server automation—alongside applied research in big data processing and neighborhood-level civic indicators. Charles has shipped novel 3D-printing and spatial compression innovations, integrated real-time video and in-game purchases for a top metaverse project, and built AI assistants that automate document generation. Now based in Bethesda and teaching at Anne Arundel Community College, he blends hands-on product engineering with mentoring and curriculum development. He’s as comfortable explaining complex AI concepts to executives and funders as he is optimizing pipelines that process data from dozens of municipal agencies.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
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