Ken Melcher

Ken Melcher has a diverse work experience spanning over several decades. Ken currently holds the position of VP - IT Operations at North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives since December 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Fidelity Investments for a significant portion of their career, holding various senior roles such as SVP - Mainframe Operations & Data Center Services, SVP - Production Operations, VP - Production Operations, VP - Unix Technical Services, and Director - Database & Middleware Support. During their time at Fidelity Investments, they led global technical operations teams, overseeing critical business applications and web properties. Before joining Fidelity Investments, they worked as a Database Administrator at bp and as a Mechanical Engineer/Systems Analyst at Stone & Webster.

Ken Melcher earned their Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University, where they attended from 1982 to 1986. Ken then pursued further education at The University of Dallas, where they obtained their Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Information Technology Management from 1992 to 1996.