--- title: "Kiran R. Katwa, Founder & President | 10 US Tech" description: "Kiran R. Katwa founded 10 US Tech Inc., a Chicago software engineering firm, and leads every build it ships. Over a decade of production software experience." canonical: https://10ustech.com/about/kiran-katwa --- [FOUNDER] # Kiran R. Katwa Founder & President, 10 US Tech Inc. · Chicago Kiran is a Chicago engineer with over a decade of experience building production software. He founded 10 US Tech Inc. in 2026 and leads the design and build of every system the firm ships. 10 US Tech is deliberately small: the person who scopes your project is the person who builds it. Kiran’s work centres on software that has to survive real use — ordering and payments, point-of-sale integrations, SMS systems, and multi-location web platforms — with security and release discipline built in from the first commit. [AREAS OF WORK] - Custom software development - Cloud architecture - Point-of-sale and restaurant technology - API design and systems integration [SELECTED WORK] - [Karachi Chaat House](https://10ustech.com/work/karachi-chaat-house) — the full digital stack for a high-volume Chicago restaurant. - [Quantum Prosthetics & Orthotics](https://10ustech.com/work/quantum-prosthetics-orthotics) — one web platform for a six-clinic group across three states. - [ChaatPass](https://10ustech.com/work/chaatpass) — our own SMS loyalty product, live in pilot on Devon Ave. [WRITING] - [The Response Gap: Why Service Businesses Lose the Leads They Already Paid For](https://10ustech.com/insights/the-response-gap) AUGUST 22, 2026 - [What the All-in-One Ordering Platforms Don't Tell Independent Restaurants](https://10ustech.com/insights/restaurant-ordering-platform-lock-in) AUGUST 21, 2026 - [Your Website Builder Is Your SEO Ceiling](https://10ustech.com/insights/website-builder-seo-ceiling) AUGUST 13, 2026 - [The Perfect Handoff: How We Run AI Agents on Production Code — Without Handing Over the Keys](https://10ustech.com/insights/the-perfect-handoff) JULY 22, 2026 - [How AI Is Transforming South Asian Restaurants — Starting in Chicago](https://10ustech.com/insights/ai-south-asian-restaurants-devon-ave) JULY 9, 2026 - [Why Most Software Projects Fail — And What We Do Differently at 10 US Tech](https://10ustech.com/insights/why-software-projects-fail) JULY 6, 2026 - [Building an On-Demand App in 14 Weeks: Lessons from a Real Delivery Sprint](https://10ustech.com/insights/on-demand-app-14-weeks) JULY 2, 2026