Tony Karrer

In a sliver of time, StartEngine helped us leverage some of the best business and technical talent in Southern California. Howard´s mentor network alone helped us generate strong support in both the public and private sectors; this has been critical to advancing our mission of community empowerment in the City of Los Angeles and beyond. Whatever assistance you may need, Howard always seems to have the answer. -Munir Jawed, CEO and Founder of KokoChé

Dr. Tony Karrer has been defining technical strategy and leading the development of web/software solutions for the past 20 years. He has been an part-time CTO at numerous startups and is known for being the original CTO of eHarmony – – making Tony partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages in the US each year. Dr. Karrer was an associate professor of Computer Science and has consulted to many companies seeking to use technology in innovative ways including Credit Suisse, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun and Symbol. He was valedictorian and attended USC as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the U.S. where he received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science. He is well known for his eLearning Technology blog and organizes the Los Angeles CTO Forum.