Director, Engineering Productivity at Google
Greater Seattle Area
Senior Director Infrastructure Engineering @ Nordstrom From May 2013 to 2016 (3 years) Greater Seattle AreaVice President Of Engineering @ Nordstrom Responsible for leading a large-scale organization focused on Nordstrom’s enterprise cloud platform and digital transformation initiatives From 2016 to September 2019 (3 years) Greater Seattle AreaEngineering Manager, Cloud Platform Development and Software Tools, Amazon Web Services...
Senior Director Infrastructure Engineering @ Nordstrom From May 2013 to 2016 (3 years) Greater Seattle AreaVice President Of Engineering @ Nordstrom Responsible for leading a large-scale organization focused on Nordstrom’s enterprise cloud platform and digital transformation initiatives From 2016 to September 2019 (3 years) Greater Seattle AreaEngineering Manager, Cloud Platform Development and Software Tools, Amazon Web Services (AWS) @ Amazon.com Responsible for leading multiple teams of software development engineers dedicated to architecting, deploying, and managing all of Amazon’s cloud platforms at massive scale. Lead the overall integrated platform technology roadmap including: Agile program/project management, test, value stream analysis, internal development, and release management.• Developed strategic prototyping processes to intercept internal/external customer cloud usage profiles and design integrated cloud solutions which added agility and reduced time to market for AWS business offerings.• Developed and operated global fleet analytics software including an internal API with machine learning workflows to assess platform health and predict failures before they affected customers • Filed multiple serviceability and test fixture patents that significantly reduced infrastructure TCO and optimized engineering processes • Integrated business requirements analysis, proof of concepts, and schedule vs. design trade-offs which minimized internal platform development costs and engineering time From 2010 to 2013 (3 years) Greater Seattle AreaEngineering Manager, Platform and Sustaining Systems Development @ F5 Networks Created, staffed, and lead two functionally distinct multi-geo development engineering teams responsible for all virtualized platform integration, automated product lifecycle testing for all of F5's loadbalancer and firewall products. • Developed the first continuous HW/SW integration test harness which reduced post-software bugs found in manufacturing to zero and prevented costly delays in quarterly shipments by up to three weeks• Successfully executed on multiple product roadmaps (Both virtualized and bare metal) which helped grow F5 from two hundred million in revenue to over one billion.• Implemented highly successful Agile/Lean initiatives which reduced software transition time to manufacturing from two weeks to two days.• Built and implemented critical New Product Introduction (NPI) and product lifecycle qualification processes for all platforms resulting in a reduction of RMA rates from over ten percent to under two percent. From 2000 to 2010 (10 years) Greater Seattle AreaDirector, Engineering Productivity @ Google Display, Video, and Application Ads United States
Nordstrom
Senior Director Infrastructure Engineering
May 2013 to 2016
Greater Seattle Area
Nordstrom
Vice President Of Engineering
2016 to September 2019
Greater Seattle Area
Amazon.com
Engineering Manager, Cloud Platform Development and Software Tools, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2010 to 2013
Greater Seattle Area
F5 Networks
Engineering Manager, Platform and Sustaining Systems Development
2000 to 2010
Greater Seattle Area
Director, Engineering Productivity
United States
Harvard Business School
Executive Education, Authentic Leadership Development Certification
2017 to 2017
Excelsior College
Graduate - Bachelor of Science, Psychology
University of Southern California
Doctor of Education - EdD, Organizational Change & Leadership
2018 to 2021
Seattle University
Graduate - M.B.A, Executive Management
2008 to 2010
What company does Ken Schow work for?
Ken Schow works for Nordstrom
What is Ken Schow's role at Nordstrom?
Ken Schow is Senior Director Infrastructure Engineering
What industry does Ken Schow work in?
Ken Schow works in the Information Technology and Services industry.
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