Summary
Craig Brott is a seasoned software founder and engineer with 13 years of experience building marketplaces and developer-focused products, currently running B2B wholesale/liquidation platform Bluelots and Returnbase, a returns solution for retailers. As Co-Founder and CTO of Source.com (YC W17) he combined startup product leadership with hands-on engineering, and earlier roles at SimplyInsured had him architect scraping and automation tooling to scale a regulated product across all 50 states. He brings full-stack pragmatism—automation, web scraping, and scalable product integrations—alongside deep Python and Ruby experience honed both in industry and as a university teaching assistant. Craig pairs entrepreneurial grit with technical craftsmanship and a proven ability to turn operational problems (like carrier data extraction and returns logistics) into productized, revenue-driving systems.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Summa Cum Laude Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Summa Cum Laude Computer Science at DePaul University