{"id":"karthik-sakthivel","title":"Karthik Sakthivel","content":"**Karthik Sakthivel** is a technology executive and entrepreneur based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a co-founder of Metapyra and a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at [Ozone Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ozone-chain). He also serves as a Director at Pyramidion Solutions. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-vDpY8TcXsXngNyAa) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-4BFMOFn3ShQqVML8)​\n\n## Education\n\nSakthivel attended Rajalakshmi Engineering College from 2011 to 2015. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-vDpY8TcXsXngNyAa) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-4BFMOFn3ShQqVML8) [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-M1IYC6Ws3pSGiDxg)​\n\n## Career\n\nKarthik Sakthivel began his post-collegiate career in May 2015 as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Daze Corp, located in the Chennai Area. He held this position for one year and two months, concluding his tenure in June 2016. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-vDpY8TcXsXngNyAa) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-4BFMOFn3ShQqVML8)​\n\nIn June 2016, Sakthivel joined Pyramidion Solutions as a Director. Pyramidion Solutions is a product engineering and application development company with a presence in India, Canada, and the United States. In his role as Director, he led a development team of over 100 people. His technical oversight extended to projects involving React, Flutter, as well as native Android and iOS development. During his time in this role, he also developed an interest in decentralized blockchain technology. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-vDpY8TcXsXngNyAa) [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-XjxOPpmeqfeoESwW)​\n\nBeginning in the 2020s, Sakthivel took on several concurrent entrepreneurial roles. In June 2022, he co-founded [Ozone Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ozone-chain) and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. He later co-founded another venture, Metapyra, in January 2024. As of early 2026, he holds positions as Co-Founder at Metapyra, Co-Founder and CTO at [Ozone Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ozone-chain), and Director at Pyramidion Solutions simultaneously. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-vDpY8TcXsXngNyAa) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-4BFMOFn3ShQqVML8) [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-M1IYC6Ws3pSGiDxg)​","summary":"Karthik Sakthivel is a technology executive and entrepreneur from Chennai, India. He is a co-founder of Metapyra and Ozone Chain, where he also serves as CTO. 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