Karan Misra
Bangalore,TG
Summary
A challenge driven person delivering innovative solutions to hard problems. Practitioner of empathetic leading. Looking to deliver business value by leveraging technology. Jack of all trades, master of none (ok, maybe except Go)
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
CTO, SoStronk
Dream11 (Sporta Technologies)
02.2024 - 12.2024
- After the acquisition of SoStronk by Dream11 in Jan, 2024, I took on the full time role of CTO of the SoStronk business unit.
- Was responsible for the SoStronk RMG mobile gaming platform end to end.
Co-CEO and CTO
Archetype Entertainment, Working on SoStronk
01.2021 - 02.2024
- Raised multiple rounds from Dream11 (Sporta) over a 3 year period.
- Build 2 products: IMBR (Mobile social gaming) and SoStronk (Mobile RMG based on mid core)
- Developed Guardian tech: A mobile native solution to extract game performance data by applying real time ML to the mobile game
- Hired and curated a extremely capable engineering team of around 15 souls.
- Exited to Dream11 in Jan 2024.
Technical Lead Architect
GO-JEK
11.2018 - 01.2021
- As Head of Engineering of Internal Platforms Team was responsible for upkeep and uptime of the core platform which powered GO-JEK's superapp
- As Lead Technical Architect of the Identity team, was responsible for the architecture and uptime of the identity service - a central service responsible for all authentication and session management of the GO-JEK superapp. Was responsible for the error budget and 99.99% uptime of the service
CTO & Co-Founder
Archetype Entertainment
06.2014 - 10.2018
- Company Overview: Esports startup developing a brand new platform for gamers focusing on user experience and value for money
- Featured our product in front of millions of viewers live on Twitch via technology partnership with PGL
- Hired and mentored SoStronk's engineering team (5 strong at its peak) in Bangalore's competitive environment
- Architected a Esports platform from ground up - was used by gamers to play match made games at their homes as well as conducting tournaments watched by millions of viewers
- Raised a post seed strategic investment round of $300,000 to get the product to newer markets and expand the B2B business
- Esports startup developing a brand new platform for gamers focusing on user experience and value for money
Senior Developer
ThoughtWorks
02.2012 - 06.2014
- Company Overview: a product consulting company, birthplace of Agile
- Lead the team developing a eReader for Cisco's Learning platform
- Lead the IoT initiative at Bangalore - winning the innovation of the year prize for project TheBot
- Developed a open source hardware abstraction layer project called EMBD which allowed IoT code to be written with each in Go
- Developed a DevOps solution for Trainline on their Windows based server platform
- A product consulting company, birthplace of Agile
Lead Analyst
CGI
06.2006 - 12.2011
- Company Overview: a services multi national
- Lead a team developing a database migration solution in SSIS for Daimler while working out of their UK office
- Lead a team developing a business dashboard in .NET / ASP.NET MVC for PNC Bank
- Was rewarded a "Star Performer" award in 2010 during the company annual tour for excellent performance and client recognition
- A services multi national
Education
Bachelors of Technology - Computer Science
04.2006
Skills
- Google Cloud Platform
- Golang
- Postgres
- BigQuery
- Flutter
- Linux
- System architecture
- Negotiation
- Business planning
- Product management
- Software architecture
- Staffing and recruiting
Honor Awards
- Junior Olympiad Gold Medal, 09/01/01, Orissa Information Technology Olympiad
- Senior Olympiad 5th Place, 08/01/04, Orissa Information Technology Olympiad
Hobbies and Interests
- Esports
- Motorbikes
- Overclocking
- Gaming
- US Politics
Timeline
CTO, SoStronk - Dream11 (Sporta Technologies)
02.2024 - 12.2024
Co-CEO and CTO - Archetype Entertainment, Working on SoStronk
01.2021 - 02.2024
Technical Lead Architect - GO-JEK
11.2018 - 01.2021
CTO & Co-Founder - Archetype Entertainment
06.2014 - 10.2018
Senior Developer - ThoughtWorks
02.2012 - 06.2014
Lead Analyst - CGI
06.2006 - 12.2011
CET - Bachelors of Technology, Computer Science
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