Born in Ohio, but raised in Scarborough, Karthik has always had a passion for education. He works for Innovation First International, where he is responsible for exciting young people about STEAM (Science, Technology, Education, Arts & Mathematics) education, via participation in the VEX Robotics Competition. Since 2006, he has been designing competition robotics games that have been played by over 20,000 teams of middle and high school students across the globe. He also serves as the Master of Ceremonies of various international robotics events, having worked with media personalities such Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara and Kari Byron.