Charlie Blackstock is a Co-Founder and CTO with 11 years of software engineering experience who transitioned from a formal accounting background (BBA and Master's) into full-time web development and startup leadership. He has built and led engineering efforts at startups including GAMER.XYZ and now Farworld Labs, combining product-minded engineering with hands-on technical delivery. His career blends traditional finance rigor with modern engineering practices, bringing analytical discipline to architecture and operational decision-making. Based in the Denver metro area, he has experience across frontend and backend roles, game-related projects, and developer instruction, reflecting a strong focus on user-facing web and game systems. Outside work he still competes in basketball leagues and channels his lifelong love of video games into product intuition and community-focused technology. Colleagues describe him as an entrepreneurial technologist who turns curiosity into pragmatic, ship-ready solutions.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Evergreen High School
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Accounting and Finance, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Accounting and Finance at University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business
Master's degree Accounting, Master's degree Accounting at USC Marshall School of Business
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Charlie Blackstock - Co-Founder & CTO at Farworld Labs