Karthik K

CEO

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India15 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Bootstrapped Skcript to profitability since 2013.
Built core technologies for major banks.
Scaled multiple SaaS products to thousands of users.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Tech Community Builder with a strong entrepreneurial background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-up LeadershipBusiness OwnershipSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementCommunity BuildingCommunity ManagementSoftware EngineeringCommunity Engagement

Other Skills

Start-up VenturesBankingEnterprise AISaaS DevelopmentCommunity OutreachEvent OrganizationSoftware DesignEngineeringCocoaCross-functional Team LeadershipFeature DevelopmentCommunity DevelopmentEducation TechnologyCompassionOrganizational Leadership

About

I run Skcript, where we create products that bring clarity to work: – FeatureOS: Feedback Management and Ticketing System for Product Teams. - SupportWire: Live chat platform for founder-run startups → Intercom’s main competitor. – Knol: Internal no-nonsense issue and project tracking software. What drives me: • Building with Apple-level taste and clarity. • Shipping faster than incumbents—speed as a moat. • Designing AI-native workflows that go beyond chat to create leverage. • Scaling companies with functional, founder-led teams. I love speaking with founders, and builders who believe in taste, clarity, and speed as their unfair advantages. If that’s you, let’s talk.

Experience

15 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

12 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Featureos

Founder

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · India

Founded FeatureOS - The Product Lifecycle Management SaaS tool for Medium to Large Enterprises.
Highlights:
Built & designed the product MVP to prove the concept.
Invested more money to get the product to thousands of product teams across the globe
Scaled FeatureOS to thousands of teams
Currently serving hundreds and thousands of requests per day for customers
Bootstrapped and Profitable

Start-up VenturesBusiness OwnershipStart-up Leadership

Skcript

Chief Executive Officer

Dec 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Responsible for building an insanely great company that extends beyond my lifetime. Laser focused on building revolutionary software products for enterprises.
Building Skcript S1 EDGE: A powerful tool to automate knowledge work using Enterprise AI. First of its kind in the industry with on-prem hosting options.
Highlights:
Bootstrapped the business to profitability since 2013.
Built core technologies for customers like First Abu Dhabi Bank, DWTC, IBC Bank, and many others.
Handled end-to-end business operations from sales, hiring, investments, product design, and day-to-day operations.
Skcript is known for moving super fast, and for building quality software solutions that works for a long-period of time.

Start-up VenturesBusiness OwnershipStart-up LeadershipBanking

The 4cast

Founder

Oct 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · On-site

Founded one of the most popular tech blog. Known for great design, quality content, and simple language. Scaled the platform to millions of views per month.
Was known for:
Covering Apple News
One of the very few blogs to offer "Live blog" for major tech events (before live video streaming was a thing)
Built end-to-end live blog streaming technology for my blog (single-person operation)

Google

Early Founder Google Developers Group (Community)

Jul 2011 – Sep 2018 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

One of the early founders of Google Technology User Group (aka Google Developers Group). I was responsible for building a technology community from scratch and scaling it in Chennai. This was not a paid engagement, I started this community purely based on the passion that I had for technology and community building.
Organized and ran the largest tech community in India.
Helped find jobs for community members.
Handed over the community leadership to others to run.

Community OutreachCommunity Building

Apple

Software Engineer

Nov 2010 – Nov 2013 · 3 yrs

I was tasked to work on one of the most crucial products at Apple: iPhoto and Aperture. My everyday was involved in building, testing, and deploying features for these apps from the off-shore location.
The features that were build for iPhoto (on Mac) translated to iOS in the later stages as Photos app on iOS devices.

Software DesignEngineeringCocoaCross-functional Team LeadershipSoftware Development

Wipro

Project Engineer

Jul 2010 – Nov 2013 · 3 yrs 4 mos · On-site

Responsible for writing software for Samsung, Pearson, and Apple.

Microsoft

Student Partner at Microsoft

Aug 2007 – May 2010 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

I was one of the first student partners at Microsoft. I was responsible for innovating new methods to educate students, and businesses on adopting new technologies. This opened up a world of opportunities for me to work with some of the best engineers, managers and designers at Microsoft to implement complex solutions for businesses across the globe.

Community DevelopmentCommunity Engagement