Summary
Karl Kwon is an engineering lead and founder with 11 years of experience building AI-native, full-stack systems that automate healthcare operations and drive data-driven decision making. He specializes in turning complex operational problems into reliable, scalable products using TypeScript, Python, React, Node.js, and AI-powered workflows, with proven impact across healthcare, insurance, geospatial analytics, and real-time platforms. Karl has led end-to-end engineering at MITRE and helped stand up AIG’s Blackboard Insurance data platform supporting $60M+ in underwriting, and now leads engineering at Assured while building a hyperlocal community product, SORI. He combines deep academic training (Ph.D. level work) with hands-on 0→1 product and platform experience, often improving analytic response times and team delivery through pragmatic systems design. Notably, his background spans both enterprise Java systems and modern AI-enabled stacks, giving him a rare multidisciplinary perspective on scaling production systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at University of Houston
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Sejong University