Charles Naut

Co-Founder and CTO

2021 - Current

Investment Scout

2020 - 2022

Principal Software Engineer

2015 - 2019

Launched Intuit Workforce from Playbook HR and grew the team internally. We helped over 100 marketplaces manage 1 million self-employed applicants. I was also a tech lead on the QuickBooks Self-Employed product focused on front-end infrastructure, bank data, billing, and TurboTax integration.

Co-Founder

2014 - 2015

Playbook HR was an applicant tracking system for the gig economy that helped automate the entire process including emailing, text messaging, background checks, e-signing, and scheduling. We bootstrapped the company to a multi-million dollar exit in one year.

PM

2012 - 2014

I was a PM on the Bing core search relevance team. I owned triggering, metrics, measurement, and editorials of the navigational query experience (~40% of queries). I shipped machine learning improvements that increased precision/recall, user success rate, and led to millions of dollars in revenue for Bing.

President

2011 - 2012

Led one of the largest student groups at Stanford consisting of over 100 entrepreneurial-minded students. Oversaw programs with a budget of over $300,000 that inspired, funded, and grew entrepreneurship at Stanford through workshops, speaker series, an international bootcamp, an accelerator program, and business plan competitions.

Research Assistant

2010 - 2012

Conducted research with the computer science department's logic group on the Digital Department project applying logical spreadsheets technology and dynamic constraints to the master's in computer science program sheet. I created a program sheet in JavaScript that allowed master's students to view and select what classes they need to fulfill their requirements and automatically manage all the constraints and requirements using computational logic. I also worked on the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange (SIPX) as part of the Stanford Center for Computers and Law (CodeX) which is an online copyright management system.

Software Engineering Intern

2011 - 2011

Worked on team building new online checkins site to create interest graph of the web. Implemented specs and designs for new frontpage and various features. Designed A/B testing framework and built a prototype implementation to allow stakeholders to easily push and monitor performance of test concepts in front of real users.

Co-Founder

2008 - 2009

myCollegeSTAT makes the college admissions process more social and open by building a platform around personal user-submitted college admissions data that reveals more than just your average statistics. Led development of the website in PHP (Kohana framework), MySQL, and AJAX. Managed infrastructure of website and social media presence, growing user base to thousands of users. Awarded $15,000 in business plan competition.

Software Engineering Intern

2009 - 2009

Helped plan technical construction of company’s first application: a painting and sharing tool for children. Created use cases, functional design, and functional requirements. Built feautre into app using C# and SMIL files to encourage creation and sharing