About

Charlton Austin is a highly accomplished Head of Cross Platform Infrastructure at Helm with over 14 years of relevant experience. He has a strong background in civic technology and has co-founded a civic technology company called The Tuesday Company, which was later acquired by Helm. Charlton is proud to have started a civic technology company that is reimagining political engagement for the digital age. Currently, Charlton is working as an Independent Consultant at Helm, where he is responsible for leading the cross-platform infrastructure team. He has expertise in infra, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, CI/CD, MySQL, Flask, AngularJS, and is a Senior Software Engineer. Charlton has also helped to start the first nonprofit school for refugees, where he volunteered as an instructor for the very first cohort. He taught data modeling, classes, data structures, complexity analysis, inheritance patterns, algorithms, D3, single page applications, jQuery, AJAX, MVC, backbone, ES6, APIs, react, Node, server-side techniques, databases, authentication, deployment, angular, and professional resumes. Charlton's past experience includes working as a Hacker in Resident at RBK, where he taught data modeling, classes, data structures, complexity analysis, inheritance patterns, algorithms, D3, single page applications, jQuery, AJAX, MVC, backbone, ES6, APIs, react, Node, server-side techniques, databases, authentication, deployment, angular, and professional resumes. He has also worked as a Co-Founder and CTO at The Tuesday Company, where he revolutionized field organizing for the digital age by creating software that enables campaigns to organize and inspire their volunteers. Charlton holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with General Honors in Applied Mathematics from the University of Chicago. He is a skilled leader and a team player who is always willing to go the extra mile to ensure the success of his team and the company. Charlton is passionate about using technology to make a positive impact on society and is always looking for new and innovative ways to do so.