Summary
Charlie Key is an experienced technology founder and growth leader with 11+ years building scalable developer platforms and enterprise IoT solutions from Cincinnati. As co-founder and former CEO of Losant, he led a platform that manages millions of devices and real-time actions, and now drives industrial platform growth and strategy at SUSE. He combines hands-on engineering roots in Node.js and platform hosting with business leadership—taking startups from accelerator stages to acquisition and enterprise adoption. An active angel investor and board member, Charlie brings a rare mix of product design sensibility, operational rigor, and developer-first marketing. He also contributes to the regional tech ecosystem through advising, teaching, and nonprofit governance, reflecting a long-term commitment to developer education and community building.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology