Charlie Stigler
Co-founder CEO at SelfControl
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolCharlie Stigler is a seasoned founder and engineering leader with 17 years building product-led startups and enterprise features from San Francisco. As co-founder and CEO of Tenor he now applies AI to leadership development, helping leaders practice difficult conversations with realistic voice-driven simulations. He previously co-founded Zaption (acquired by Workday), led product and engineering integrations at Workday, and remains the maintainer of the popular open-source Mac focus app SelfControl. Comfortable spanning strategy, product, and hands-on engineering, Charlie has shipped interactive media and developer-facing integrations (notably YouTube work in Popcorn.js) and led AR/VR and learning-product innovations. His background blends fundraising and research experience with a practical habit of shipping polished releases and improving update/release tooling.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Thiel FellowshipProduct Management Certificate, Product Management Certificate at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessColumbia UniversityHarvard-Westlake School
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
objective-c10
javascript10
event-handling10
front-end-development10
youtube-api10
html9
release-management8
ui-design7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
SelfControlApp/selfcontrol
Apr 2009 - Oct 2021
:skull: Mac app to block your own access to distracting websites etc for a predetermined period of time. It can not be undone by the app or by a restart – you must wait for the timer to run out.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:461 commits, 37 PRs, 193 pushes in 12 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Charlie contributed to the integration of the Sparkle update framework, modifying various header and source files. They updated the release notes and the appcast to improve Sparkle integration, indicating a focus on release management. They also implemented and refactored core features related to the SelfControl app, which involved changes in user interface elements and settings.
waitundonemac-appmactimer
mozilla/popcorn-js
Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
The HTML5 Media Framework. (Unmaintained. See https://github.com/menismu/popcorn-js for activity)
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Charlie primarily contributed to the YouTube player integration within the Popcorn.js framework. Their work included parsing URL parameters for the YouTube player, fixing duration issues, implementing `canplay` and `loadstart` events, and improving the seeking functionality. They also addressed issues related to event handling and made changes to ensure event listeners could be removed effectively. The modifications were focused on improving the integration and functionality of the YouTube player.
javascripthtml5popcorn
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