Charles Suggs is a Senior Research Software Engineer with the Illinois Discovery Partners Institute with more than 13 years of experience as a full stack software engineer for the information technology and services industry. Prior to joining DPI, Charles successfully led and co-owned FullSteam Labs, a worker-owned technology cooperative, that was in operation from 2013 – 2022. Charles has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of South Florida. He has consulted with and performed custom work for large public universities, librarians, a credit union, international scientific research organizations, regional to global scale nonprofits, grassroots campaigns, small and large businesses, and more. When he’s not in front of a computer, you can find Charles competitively sailing his Thistle sailboat on weekends and national regattas.