Scalable computing & web technologies.
CTO @ From February 2015 to Present (11 months) SVP Product and Engineering @ From August 2014 to February 2015 (7 months) Greater New York City AreaVP of Engineering @ From July 2013 to August 2014 (1 year 2 months) Greater New York City AreaDirector of Engineering @ Working with both the frontend and backend teams to build out the next generation of high scalability infrastructure. From January 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 7 months) Greater New York City AreaDirector of Engineering @ Drove the implementation of a sharded data architecture, helping the site achieve new heights in throughput and availability. From March 2010 to January 2012 (1 year 11 months) Director of Frontend Technologies @ Grew a new group from 10 to 30 heads during 2007-2008. Spearheaded advanced content delivery initiatives, such as SEO enhancements and speed optimizations. Architected the migration from a proprietary programming language to PHP 5. Oversaw the development of many mobile initiatives, including for the iPhone, Android platform, and Palm Pre. Created a culture of innovation, leading to the creation and launch of many new products. From September 2007 to April 2010 (2 years 8 months) Manager of Applications Development @ Managed a team of 7 developers creating SAMP applications for nytimes.com. From July 2006 to August 2007 (1 year 2 months) Web Developer @ From June 2004 to January 2006 (1 year 8 months) Web Developer @ From 2003 to 2004 (1 year)
MA, Mathematics @ The University of Georgia From 2001 to 2004 BA, Mathematics @ The University of Georgia From 1996 to 2000 Ken Little is skilled in: PHP, Mobile Devices, Ruby on Rails, Apache, Git, Cloud Computing, Perl, Mobile Applications, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Quality Assurance, Scalability, Linux, MySQL, SEO, User Experience