Summary
John Keck is a pragmatic technology leader and founder with nine years of experience building and scaling product-focused engineering teams across startups and venture-backed exits. Currently CTO at Marker Learning in Austin, he has a track record of founding and leading companies—most notably as Co-Founder & CTO of Macro (acquired by Airtime/mmhmm) and as Founder/CEO of Voura, which launched product and traction quickly after a $1M pre-seed. He has led product and design at SafeBase to build an enterprise Trust Management platform and served early operational and engineering roles at DoorDash and Eli Lilly, blending startup speed with regulated-industry rigor. John pairs hands-on engineering and hiring acumen with investor insight from roles at Underscore VC and as an early investor in Goldcast, giving him a rare perspective across product, growth, and capital. He holds advanced degrees in engineering and business from Harvard and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue, and is known for shipping fast, iterating on real customer traction, and turning short development cycles into sustainable product wins.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
Master of Science - MS, Engineering, CS, Master of Science - MS, Engineering, CS at Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Management at Harvard Business School
sql, python, English