Summary
David Arel is a seasoned technology executive and serial founder with 14 years of experience building product-led companies and scaling engineering organizations from Chicago. As CTO at millermedia7 and founder/CTO of Codeverse, he blends hands-on engineering—designing a kid-friendly language and modular game/physics engines—with strategic leadership that raised a $10M seed and drove rapid user growth at Belly. He advises startups on fundraising, hiring, product strategy, and operationalizing engineering best practices, and has a track record of turning consumer concepts into acquisitions (Chefmade, Codeverse integrations). Comfortable shipping full-stack systems, developer tools, and production automation, he also builds prototypes and standards (CLI, Python libs, IDEs) to accelerate teams. Known for hiring and mentoring world-class teams, he pairs creative product instincts with pragmatic delivery to move novel ideas into scalable businesses.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Audio Production, Associate of Science - AS Audio Production at The Art Institutes