Summary
Charles Williams is a product manager with 7 years of experience building and scaling AI-powered and data-driven products, currently shaping developer workflows on GitHub Copilot. He bridges deep technical roots—as a former software engineer and wireless systems specialist—with product leadership, having co-founded an academic collaboration startup and driven MVP launches and user research. His background includes hands-on engineering in Java, SQL, UNIX/shell, and C, plus large-scale project and vendor management across telecom and enterprise environments. Known for translating complex technical constraints into measurable product outcomes, he has reduced costs and improved operational efficiency in past roles. Based in Houston, he combines startup pragmatism with experience in highly regulated, high-availability systems to deliver impactful developer and data products.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S, Computer Engineering, B.S, Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University