Kerem Karatal

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Director of Engineering at SoundCloud

Technology / Software / Internet

A senior software executive and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in all aspects of software development ranging from startups to mid-size and very large organizations. Career highlights include: • Came up with the concept behind ActiveX and the first (before Internet Explorer 3.0) ActiveX browser implementation and a subsequent Netscape plug-in in 1995, • Which lead into co-founding a successful VC funded technology startup, NCompass Labs Inc., grew to over 150 employees and in 2001 got acquired by Microsoft, • Came up with and delivered one of the first Web Content Management Systems, which post Microsoft acquisition, became Microsoft Content Management Server and later on Mic...