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Ken Sherman

Executive engineering leader specializing in AI, cloud, and SaaS platforms

Executive Technical AdvisorSan Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA21 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks Remote

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Senior engineering executive with 8+ years leading large-scale SaaS modernization across AI, compliance, ecommerce, streaming, IoT, and travel. Has led a 150+ global engineering org, modernized seven cloud-native platforms for a $400M business, and consolidated travel systems processing $1B+ annually while staying hands-on in architecture, incident response, and AI integration.

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Key Strengths

  • Scaled and led 150+ global engineering organization across US, India, and South America
  • Modernized seven SaaS platforms supporting a $400M business
  • Led consolidation of three travel platforms handling over $1B in annual transactions
  • Deep expertise in cloud architecture, microservices, and distributed systems
  • Hands-on executive leadership in architecture reviews, code reviews, prototyping, and incident response
  • Built domain-aligned teams and reduced cross-team dependencies
  • Improved roadmap delivery speed by roughly 50%
  • Drove AI adoption through coding assistants, workflow automation, personalization, and search
  • Led cross-platform data integration across seven SaaS applications
  • Enabled bundled product sales that increased revenue by more than 25%
  • Strong stakeholder alignment across engineering, product, and business teams
  • Experienced in mentoring engineering managers and technical leads

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Experience

VP of Engineering (Consulting and Advisory)Executive Technical Advisor · Jun 2025 – Presentcontract
Vice President of Software EngineeringJJ Keller · Dec 2023 – Jun 2025
Vice President of Software EngineeringArrivia · Sep 2020 – Dec 2023
Vice President of EngineeringQuake Global · Jun 2019 – Jun 2020
Director EngineeringVerimatrix · Oct 2016 – Jun 2019
Manager, Product Marketing-Software ApplicationsIllumina · Jan 2014 – Oct 2016
Vice President of EngineeringPacket Video · Jan 2004 – Jan 2014
Senior Software EngineerPacket Video · Jan 2004 – Jan 2014

Education

San Diego State Universitybachelor, Electrical Engineering, Communication

Awards

  • Patent: Integrated Consumer Genomic Services US 10438244
  • Patent: INTEGRATED CONSUMER GENOMIC SERVICES (US 10438244, issued Oct 8, 2019)

Languages

English

Publications

1 publication

Consumer genomicsIntegrated genomic services

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