Ken Hancock

Ken Hancock has a strong background in software engineering and technical management. Ken is currently working at TraceLink as a Senior Principal Engineer since October 2022. Before joining TraceLink, Ken held the position of Principal Software Engineer at the same company from August 2020 to October 2022.

Prior to TraceLink, Ken worked at SeaChange International, where they held multiple roles. From July 2012 to January 2020, they served as a System Architect, responsible for the architecture of advertising products, including hybrid fiber-coaxial and streaming video formats. Ken also created component specifications, theory of operations, and user documentation. From April 2007 to July 2012, Ken was an Engineering Manager for Spot Ad Systems. Ken managed two engineering groups, overseeing the transition from waterfall to agile software development practices.

Ken's earlier experience includes roles at TV Guide On Screen / Gemstar-TV Guide International and VideoGuide. At TV Guide On Screen, they served as the Vice President of Porting & Quality Assurance from April 2006 to January 2007, managing a team responsible for integrating the Interactive Program Guide (IPG) into consumer electronic products. Ken also held the position of Vice President of Porting & Customization from March 2005 to April 2006. Additionally, Ken was the Director of Engineering from February 2003 to March 2005, where they designed subsystems and maintained technical documentation.

Ken's career started at VideoGuide Inc., where they worked as a Senior Software Engineer from October 1996 to February 2003. Ken also had a role as a Software Engineer at VideoGuide Inc. from May 1993 to October 1996.

Before their time at VideoGuide, Ken worked at GCC Technologies as an Engineering Manager for the QuickDraw Printer Group from May 1992 to October 1993. Ken also worked as a Software Engineer from June 1990 to May 1992.

Overall, Ken Hancock has extensive experience in software engineering, technical management, and system architecture, with a focus on advertising products and consumer electronic integration. Their career spans multiple companies and has involved roles at various levels of responsibility.

Ken Hancock graduated from Dartmouth College in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science. Prior to that, they attended St. Albans School from 1982 to 1986. In addition to their formal education, Ken has obtained several certifications in various fields such as Apache Kafka, DevOps, Ansible, and Kubernetes. These certifications were obtained from LinkedIn in 2020.