KarChing
KarChing is a revolutionary disruptive safe-driving incentives app that links teens, parents and insurance companies; a platform built exclusively for teens
- Stage Prototype Ready
- Industry Software
- Location Chicago, IL, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded September 2018
- Employees 14
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website karching.com
Company Summary
KarChing is a mobile safe-driving incentives platform that links teens, parents and insurance companies. It is making its debut in the US as a unique, compelling, and disruptive fin-tech/ telematics platform built exclusively for teens-the worst drivers on the road.
It is a revolutionary safe driving platform which addresses a growing global social economic issue: texting and driving. It lowers claims payouts for insurance cos + saves lives.
Team
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Ramsey GoudaCEO/ Founder -
COO/CROhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-p-rogan-55519685/
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Brian RoganCOO/CRO20+ years of C-Level experience Brian founded LeverageHub a leading global IT SaaS and service company. Worked for Ciklum a leading global IT firm as Pres. of N. America, Cognizant a top 5 IT firm as CRO; Pomeroy as SVP of Sales Provided leading SaaS technologies including- BI, AI, AR, CRM, ERP- for global and Fortune 500 companies. Worked and/or partnered with many Investment Banking firms+research companies like Gartner, IDC and Forrester.
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Mark HahsCTOBased in Bakersfield, California, Mark is an accomplished interactive executive, mobile platform development expert and creative thought leader with broad experience in helping clients small, medium and large since 1994 build and grow a wide range of interactive and mobile businesses from the ground up, from entrepreneurial startups to established market leaders.
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Co Founder / PresidentExperienced and seasoned professional with strength in "Biz Dev", sales+ channel relations. Proven track record in achieving success within an organization and fusing the disparate sections to achieve a focused team goal. Has key leadership qualities of integrity, communication and easily interacts with all people within a team environment. Strength managing virtual and remote parties and driving motivation. An administrative “Swiss army knife”
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Ramsey goudaFounder-CEORamsey - Founder, inventor and visionary behind the KarChing. Started in music and digital media, continued into wireless broadband as Director of Carrier Sales for Defacto Wireless -converged devices and mobile media w/ Advue digital media and Advercar.com mobile media; Clear Channel Interactive FaceBooth.TV; SNAP manager of Spectacles. Integrator of many other platforms and technologies+father of 3 daughters, 12, 13 16 years of (driving) age.
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Richard Cross - Here Navigation TrackingTelematics, Mapping, Data engineerRichard is a research scientist who has been making web applications since 1994. He has managed DevOps and IT operations teams in large corporations and has recently been involved in bringing large IoT projects to life. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2014 and has been working with the university to commercialize innovative technologies ever since
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William MurrayDatabase/Algorithm/Data SciencePHD research scientist in particle physics, has been involved in data analysis for large datasets since the early ‘90s. Instrumental in developing the conceptual software integration and information management schema for Karching. DevOps experience, system administration (in Unix and VMS) experience, web server management experience; an extensive history of scientific and technical writing; brings many talents crucial to Karching’s development
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Phil JonesUI/UX/Design, Web, mobileFront-end developer specializing in UI design. With over 10 year experience, I am knowledgeable in aspects of design, interface, and development. Based in Chicago, I started in photography and video, then taught myself web design and development for photography clients; has a knack of being a cross-functional leader when dealing with teams. I believe in the Keep It Simple and less is more philosophy.
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Calvin ParksTeam Lead-AI/ E-commerce/Machine learningDeveloper kiosks, mobile apps, games, rich emails, animated ad banners, educational experiences, Java Server Pages, MXML, Apache-Tomcat, Flex, Eclipse, IntelliJ, Debian, Ubuntu Linux, VirtualBox, Android Studio, Adobe Air, Adobe Animate, Adobe Flash, DoubleClick, Google Web Designer, AS2 & AS3, HTML, HTML5, CSS3, XML, JSON, JQuery, Sencha Touch, JavaScript, GreenSock, Sencha, Wowza, FMS, RED5, PHP, MySQL, Veeva, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier
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Project ManagerBased out of Chicago, Uma is part of the technology team for Karching and manages the Product Development cycles. Uma has an M.S in Electrical Engineering and has 16 years of IT experience in the financial industry. She held a management role in IT with JPMorgan Chase for 8 and a half years. She has experience in core IT technologies and code development cycles. She also ran a food startup from 2016 through 2018.
Advisors
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Scott Meadow - University of Chicago Booth Prof of Entrepreneurial StudiesUnconfirmed
Jonathan Abrams - Edline.com (Sold to Blackboard)Unconfirmed
Ron McNeil - CEO Candidate of AllstateUnconfirmed -
Uri Levine - Founder of WazeUnconfirmed
Stopher Bartol - Seed Investor- Current CEO Legacy.comUnconfirmed
James Rabinowitz - Founder Hot Glass Ventures- Current CEO Tenx CorpUnconfirmed -
Lisa Hennessy - Partner of Shark Tank-Survivor-Dream JobbingUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Stopher BartolUnconfirmed
James RabinowitzUnconfirmed -
Lisa HennessyUnconfirmed -
Douglas SegalUnconfirmed
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