About
Charles Acknin has a background in software engineering and currently leads Skyways in an email-focused role.
Founder at SkywaysYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Charles went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Skyways's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Charles can intro founders to Skyways's investors below.
Skyways's investors · 12
Cathexis VenturesHouston · $250K – $1M checksDefense AngelsAustinEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkKima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checksMVP VenturesChicagoNextView VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $4M checksPi CampusRome · $55K – $540K checksPredictive VCNew YorkThursday VenturesBrandonU.S. Air Forcesince 2021Wind VentureParisY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017
Experience
- Skyways Air Transportation IncCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2017 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Elixir Labs, IncCEO & Co-Founder2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSenior Software Engineer2008 — 2015Mountain View, California
- OracleSoftware Engineer2008Malaga, Spain
- GoogleSummer of Code 2007 participant2007
- AmadeusSoftware Engineer Intern2007Nice, France
- AmadeusSoftware Engineer Intern2006Nice, France
Skills & more
Python8Open Source4Databases4Linux3C++3Java3PostgreSQL3Subversion2JavaScript1Git1EntrepreneurshipSoftware Engineering16
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Product MarketingDistributed SystemsGNU/LinuxComputer ScienceMultithreadingWeb Applications- Private Pilot Licence — Federal Aviation Administration
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Charles Acknin?
- Charles Acknin has a background in software engineering and currently leads Skyways in an email-focused role.
- Where does Charles Acknin work?
- Charles Acknin is Founder of Skyways.
- What companies did Charles Acknin found?
- Charles Acknin founded Skyways.
- Where did Charles Acknin go to school?
- Charles Acknin studied at Y Combinator (YC S17); Oxford Brookes University (Master of Science (MSc), Software Engineering); SUPINFO (Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science).
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SUPINFO mafia4
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Shared employers
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