Charlie A. Johnson

CHARLIE·A·JOHNSON // FDE+CO-FOUNDER // LDN // JULY 2026

I build AI systems around how firms actually work, currently as co-founder of Tacit.

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Co-Founder, EngineeringTacit. Co-founded a forward-deployed AI firm; we build source-backed finance agents for private-market teams.2026 - Present

AI Engineer, Agentic SystemsVolpi Capital. Owned the firm's internal AI/data stack across origination, research and monitoring.2026

Co-founder, Growth & DataAurelle. Built and ran growth, data systems and operations for a fast-growing DTC brand.2022–2025

Consultant, Regulated SystemsKPMG. Turned FDIC 370 regulation into data architecture across Tier-1 banking environments.2019–2022

Developer, Internal ToolsSiemens. Replaced manual sales and quoting workflows with internal tools and native iOS apps.2016–2019

MSc Computer ScienceUniversity of Birmingham. AI/ML focus; dissertation on geometric structure in neuroimaging.2025–2026

BSc Management Information SystemsUniversity of Georgia. Dean's List; systems thinking and applied technology.2013–2017

MidMarketBench. Benchmarking frontier AI on private-market investment workflows. live demo source

InvestorStack. Operating-stack intelligence for investment teams. live demo source

DealState. A source-backed deal-state workspace for investment teams. live demo source

PE Labs. Applied AI workflows for private equity. live demo source

Geometric structure in neuroimaging. MSc research at the University of Birmingham, 2025–2026. university

ai/agents: anthropic + openai apis · claude code · agent workflows · rag · evaluation · observability

languages: python · typescript · react · sql

data: postgres/supabase · sqlite · context architecture · agent-readable knowledge bases

infra: cloudflare workers · vercel · docker · github actions

workflows: origination · research · monitoring · diligence · reporting

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