Kenneth Kalmer

Kenneth Kalmer has extensive experience in software development and technology leadership. Kenneth currently serves as the Head of Web Engineering at Ably Realtime since March 2020. Prior to that, they founded Imilingo in 2018, where they worked as a contract software developer specializing in Clojure and Ruby ecosystems. At ValuationUp.com, where they were a co-founder and Lead Developer from 2012 to 2022, they built a reliable Ruby on Rails application for determining the valuation of privately held companies.

Kenneth also served as a Senior Software Developer and Technical Lead at Navigare from 2017 to 2020, where they developed an online research portal and built the supporting infrastructure on AWS. Kenneth was a Senior Software Developer at CloudAfrica from 2016 to 2017, where they developed a new data model and built tools for a cloud hosting company.

Kenneth also worked at Lightstone Pty Ltd from 2015 to 2016 as a Senior Software Developer and Coach, where they helped bootstrap a new consumer service offering and mentored the software delivery team. Kenneth worked as an Independent Consultant at Internet Solutions from 2014 to 2015, where they assisted in building prototype systems and acted as a mentor to the team. Additionally, they served as the Chief Technology Officer at iSign.pro in 2011 and at Internet Exchange from 2005 to 2011, where they played a key role in building infrastructure and systems for a wholesale ISP, including building a private cloud on Xen and deploying Ruby on Rails applications.

Kenneth Kalmer attended Tshwane University of Technology from 2001 to 2004. During this period, they pursued studies in Business & Information Management. No specific degree name is mentioned.