Ken Denman's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Experience as a Venture Partner:At Emotient, Ken Denman was a partner in the founding investment group. He was responsible for all aspects of the company's growth, from idea to marketplace execution. He was also responsible for driving the company's strategic plan, developing the company's products and building its international operations. He left the company in September 2011 to take over as CEO of Openwave, a global middleware software innovator of 3G and 4G value-added services for mobile telecommunications industry with worldwide operations.In December 2013, Ken Denman was selected by the Board of Directors of Openwave to execute the turnaround. He led all aspects of the turnaround until it was finally spun off in September 2014 as a division of Motorola Solutions.At MediaOne, Ken Denman was responsible for leading the company's domestic broadband franchise business (which was composed of broadband franchises in Jacksonville, Naples and parts of southern Florida, Richmond, VA, Westchester County, NY and Minneapolis-St. Paul that became Comcast). He also led several international wireless operations, including a joint venture in GSM startups with alliance partner Tele2.Ken Denman was also on the Board of Directors at Costco Wholesale, LendingClub, and AuraServ.At Motorola Solutions, Ken Denman was the lead independent director and chair of the Nom/Gov Committee. He was also a Board Member at Sway Ventures.In December 2016, Ken Denman was appointed to the Board of Directors of ShoreTel.At Mitel, Ken Denman was the lead investment banker for theacquisition of Sway Ventures.Ken Denman has been an affiliate professor at the University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business in the Greater Seattle Area.

🎓 Education

Ken Denman's education and work readiness began by receiving his MBA from the University of Washington. From there, he began his work life journey at FINRA as a Vice President and Regional President for the Seattle office. However, Denman would not stop there - soon after, he would move on to become the Regional President for the Northwest office. From this experience, he learned a great deal about the different markets and industries in his region. This knowledge would go onto him when he became the Regional President for the Northwest office. As the Regional President for the Northwest office, he would help to open up new frontier markets and industries, which would lay the foundation for his future success. When he left FINRA, Denman had founded his own risk management consulting firm, Ken Denman and Associates, LLC. Ken Denman has been successful in starting his own business, and has helped others reach their goals. His work readiness comes from his experience and knowledge in the business world.Ken Denman is highly experienced in the risk management field, and has a wealth of knowledge to share. He has a vast amount of experience in both the business and regulatory worlds, and has the ability to see the big picture. his understanding of risk is unparalleled, and he is well-prepared to handle any situation. This experience, coupled with his drive to be successful, has led him to success in his business ventures.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Ken Denman is currently CEO of Emotient (acquired by Apple), and has held this position since October 2012. Emotient was the leading authority on automated facial expression analysis, and developed and sold software that analyzed video captured facial expressions. As customers experienced a product, event, service, media, or content, they could measure its impact. Additionally, Ken led the development of a powerful technology that enabled companies to leverage emotion aware technologies and create new levels of customer engagement, research, and analysis. Ken is deeply committed to his work, and feels passionately about the impact that his work has on customers.Under Ken Denman's leadership, Emotient was the leader in cloud-based facial expression analytics when acquired by Apple. As a partner at Openwave from November 2008 to September 2011 (2 years 11 months), he was responsible for all aspects of the company's global wireless operations, which included directing joint venture investments across several different countries. He also served as Board Member representing MediaOne as the shareholder, and as Operating Partner. As CEO at iPass from October 2001 to November 2008 (7 years 2 months), he led the turnaround and very successful IPO of this enterprise mobile access startup. At Mitek Systems from December 2016 to December 2019 (3 years 1 month), he is responsible for lead the development of the cloud-based unified communications platform, AuraServ. Ken is deeply committed to his work, and feels passionately about the impact that his work has on customers.He is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business in Greater Seattle Area. Ken is also a voting member of the investment committee at Costco Wholesale, and Board Member at ShoreTel from May 2007 to September 2017 (10 years 5 months).