Charlie is a Senior Director of Engineering at GoDaddy where he is leading convergence around JavaScript and Node.js across several products through the UX Platform team. Charlie was previously the founder and CEO of Nodejitsu (acquired by GoDaddy in 2015). An open source enthusiast and community builder, he is the author of many popular Node libraries including Winston, and Warehouse.ai, the creator of the EmpireJS and EmpireNode conferences in New York City, and an advisor to several technology startups. Charlie is a graduate of McGill and holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University.