Ken Caruso

Summary

Empathetic tech leader and individual contributor. Expertise in software services, cloud services, Linux and infrastructure. ~27 years total experience. ~20 years experience building SaaS and IaaS services. Capable of leading teams to deliver quality products that delight customers. My core principles: - Lead by example. While communication is key, what you do matters more than what you say. - Ownership. Never say "that's not my job". Admit failures. - Ask why. Know the purpose before asking what, when and how. - Listen to learn. Approach conversations without trying to win or fix the situation. - Consistency over intensity. Extraordinary results come from consistent progress over time. Achievements: - Built multiple Software and Infrastructure services @Astra to support 5 rocket launches. - OCI's(Oracle) bootstrap period. Led multiple teams through massive growth cycles. Growing from 1 to 15 regions globally. OCI is now ~$6B+ annual run rate business operating in 40 regions. - Facilitated Oracle's acquisition of Nebula's IP and landing the Nebula Eng team at Oracle. - My teams work highlighted in Larry Ellison keynotes multiple times. OCI GPU Instances and Managed Kubernetes service. - Shipped Nebula's Cloud Controller. Industry first hardware appliance capable of provisioning an on-prem IaaS cloud in under an hour. - Passed CFA Level 1 in 2014. - Launched Gridpoint's Energy Management System platform. Integrated multiple acquisitions. - Scaled Serial Solution's Library Search SAAS products through massive growth. Launched two new products. Led Technology Department through acquisition by ProQuest Information and Learning. - WWDC's wireless network for the original IPhone and IPhone 2 launch @Moscone Center. Achieving 5K simultaneous STA associations. - Burningman's first paperless ticketing system in 2007. - Founded and led the Seattlwireless.net community networking project which was instrumental in the adoption of WiFi, mesh routing and spurring much larger projects around the globe. - Built and delivered Open Source Mesh Router platform used by BBN and MIT Roofnet. - Multiple patents around upgrading and fault tolerance of distributed systems.