Charleston Malkemus is a technology executive and hands-on engineer with 11 years in tech leadership who currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at Capital One, driving the CreditWise vision for real-time, intelligent personal finance across web and mobile for 60M+ customers. He combines enterprise-scale architecture and product delivery—having led ML-driven fraud, conversational AI, and large cross-functional portfolios—with startup CTO experience scaling platforms to support hypergrowth and regulatory compliance. A former Marine Corps Major, he brings operational rigor and leadership under pressure, having commanded 156 Marines and managed multi-million dollar programs before transitioning to tech. Charleston is comfortable coding up and down the stack, building ML platforms and intelligent assistants, and has a track record of translating complex AI capabilities into deployable services that generated near-billion-dollar business impact. Based in San Francisco, he blends strategic roadmap thinking with a builder’s mindset, often collaborating with external partners from IBM Watson to Alexa teams to push conversational and ensemble-AI boundaries.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at University of Pennsylvania
Contributions:2 releases, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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Charleston Malkemus - Chief Technology Officer at Capital One