DCKAP is an American and Indian firm with headquarters in Round Rock, Texas and a Development Center in

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. DCKAP was originally founded in 2005 by Karthik Chidambaram.

History

DCKAP was founded in

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and

in 2005. Two years later, it moved its headquarters to Fremont, California, and later to Round Rock Texas. In 2008, DCKAP set up an office in Chennai, India. In 2009, the company began working with Magento,

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, and other open source technologies. Three years later, it entered the mobile apps market with new

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applications such as HomeFly and Learn Alphabets & Numbers. In 2014, the firm moved into commerce, content development, and consulting. In 2022, DCKAP rebranded to a product company. Its products include DCKAP Integrator and DCKAP PIM.

Services

DCKAP specializes in eCommerce development and helps build and maintain

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portals for international brands through leading platforms such as Magento, Shopify, BigCommerce,

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, and Salesforce Commerce.

Employees

Karthik Chidambaram is DCKAP's Founder and CEO. Before starting DCKAP in 2005, out of his apartment in Chicago, he worked as a consultant to the

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and IBM and as an Assistant Scientific Programmer for the

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Clients

DCKAP's clients include

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, the Financial Times,

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, Sugarfina, GIRO, BlueSky, Riddell, Solid Surface, Salter Labs, TJ Snow, Vizio, PDC Healthcare, and many more.

References

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