Our leadership team

Our leadership team is made up of some of the best and brightest in the industry. They lead by example and empower our employees to do their best work.

Karl Sun

CEO and Co-Founder

Profiles:

In 2010, Karl joined forces with Ben Dilts to become CEO and co-founder of Lucid. He previously spent several years at Google, heading the patent department and strategy, opening business development at Google's China office, and leading investments in advanced wind and battery technologies. Karl holds a B.S. and M.S. in EECS from MIT, an M.S. from MIT in technology and policy, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. You’ll often find him skiing the fresh powder.

Ben Dilts

CTO and Co-Founder

Ben is CTO and co-founder at Lucid. He developed Lucidchart in 2010 as the lone engineer, and today he continues to have a major hand in product development. In his prior role as CTO for Zane Benefits, he oversaw development of one of the leading online health benefits administration platforms. Ben holds a B.S. in computer science from Brigham Young University and enjoys mountain biking and snowboarding.