Karthik Chokkaram
Founder at Next Print / Chewy Pixel
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKarthik Chokkaram is a founder and seasoned engineering leader with 15 years of experience building product-led startups and consumer-facing platforms from Chicago. He scaled and led a 50-engineer organization at Root Inc., launching a data-driven mobile and web insurance product that became the company’s primary revenue driver. Equally comfortable in hands-on engineering and executive roles, he leverages machine learning, product strategy, and cross-functional collaboration to turn business needs into reliable, user-focused software. Since 2015 he’s run his own venture, Next Print / Chewy Pixel, applying startup grit to community-building and product development. Karthik has a background in embedded and enterprise engineering from earlier roles at Blue Frog Gaming and industry research at Michigan State, reflecting a blend of systems-level rigor and consumer product sensibility. He thrives on the organized chaos of startups and is known for developing people as deliberately as he develops products.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science Engineering, BS Computer Science Engineering at Michigan State University
Github Skills (32)
react-native9
android9
react9
cross-platform8
ios8
mobile7
gcode7
cnc-controller6
3d-printing6
python6
qml5
pyqt5
3d-printer5
cnc5
printer5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Root-App/root-eslint-plugin
Mar 2019 - Oct 2020
In-house eslint rules.
Contributions:1 review, 16 PRs, 37 pushes in 1 year 7 months
houseeslinteslint-configruleseslint-rules
Root-App/react-native-picker
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
A Native Picker with high performance.
Contributions:6 PRs, 3 pushes, 5 branches in 29 days
androidperformanceiospickerhigh-performance
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