Ken Kossoudji

Ken Kossoudji, MBA, has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles and industries. Currently, they serve as the Director of Strategic Sales at PDF Solutions since 2023. Prior to that, they were a Managing Partner at Five Doors Plus since 2019. From 2016 to 2023, they worked at OptimalPlus as the Director of Sales and Business Development, where they played a key role in growing accounts and utilizing their expertise in sales, big data analytics, cloud services, AI-ML, and data lakes. Ken also worked at NI (National Instruments) as the Enterprise SW - Director, Sales and Business Development from 2020 to 2023. In addition, they worked in the private investment management sector as a Principal, managing private funds and exploring investment opportunities in Silicon Beach startups. Ken has also held executive positions at Miller Heiman, ESI (Head of SemiBU - Product Management and Business Development), Dorado Confections (CEO, COO of a family business), KLA-Tencor (Sr. Director Sales & Marketing - Parametric Solutions Group), and Atcor (Vice President Marketing & Sales).

Ken Kossoudji earned an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business from 1987 to 1991. Prior to that, they obtained a BS in Electronic Engineering from Arizona State University between 1982 and 1986. In 2016, they completed a program called Big Data Management by University of California, San Diego. Additionally, they acquired certifications in Big Data Integration and Processing, Big Data Modeling and Management Systems, and Introduction to Big Data by University of California, San Diego on Coursera. In 2015, Ken Kossoudji obtained a Series 65 License, which is a Registered Investment Advisor License issued by FINRA.