Ken Thompson Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

As VP of Product at Buildkite, I work with a kick-ass team on a mission to transform software delivery across Pipelines, Package Registries, and Mobile Delivery Cloud 🚀. Together, we’re building secure-by-design, hybrid-first solutions that bring the best of Buildkite to every phase of the software lifecycle. From optimizing package management with Private Storage Link and supply chain security to supercharging mobile workflows that go from IDE to app store, we’re pushing the boundaries of what CI/CD can do.Whether you’re scaling up secure, efficient software delivery or looking for early access to our latest innovations, let’s connect!

Melbourne, Vic, Au

As Stax's Chief Product Officer / Head of Product, I led product strategy and delivery across 3 product teams, drove a Product-Led-Sales & Growth strategy, reducing EBITDA burn by 70% in 15 months, and spearheaded Stax investor relations for a $267.5M acquisition of Versent Group by Telstra.• Led Stax investor relations, contributing to its $267.5M acquisition by Telstra for Versent Group (Stax is a subsidiary of Versent Group)• Leading 1-3 year product strategy & execution, introducing Stax Connections, and the use of AI & LLMs (Large Language Models) for faster customer environment remediation• Aligned GTM with Product-Led-Growth & Sales, using analytics and feedback to sync roadmap with customer value, boosting MRR by over 4% MoM on average, as well as GP by 22% YoY• Led a transformation of product delivery, increasing the delivery output of product & engineering teams by over 386% YoY• Helped reduce operating expenses by 34% YoY through organisational & infrastructure optimisation

Melbourne, Vic, Au

I led Product Strategy & Product Marketing at Stax, and in collaboration with our engineer, marketing, partner and sales teams, I help customers and partners realise the full potential of Stax.io - empowering you to migrate faster, stay compliant and operate more efficiently in AWS.• Defined Stax's Product Vision & 3-year Strategy• Created Stax's new pricing model to provide more transparency to customers, leading to reduced sales cycles and upsell opportunities in return for increased customer value from Stax• Created Stax's Total Cost of Ownership calculator to help customers better understand the cost of DIY vs. leveraging Stax

Redmond, Washington, Us

I led a team of 12 Cloud Solutions Architects & Product Architects who work with Software as a Service (SaaS) partners for Microsoft Australia. Our team helped over 60 Aussie SaaS companies build innovative, fast, scalable, reliable & secure products on Azure and leverage Microsoft's clouds & products to increase their monthly active users. • As well as increasing other areas of diversity with our technical team, I led the increased female representation in our technical organisation from 14% to 46%• 91-100% of my team were satisfied with the work/life balance, inclusion, engagement and performance of our team - 10-35% higher than average• Our team helped over 60 Aussie SaaS businesses grow by over 165% on average, year on year, leading to an increase of Microsoft product utilised by 96%• Helped launch Microsoft Founders Hub in ANZ and Asia, to empower startups’ ambitions and fuel innovation to drive economic and societal progress for these markets and beyond

Redmond, Washington, Us

Working directly with CTO/CPO/CEOs at Microsoft's leading SaaS partners to help them build innovative, fast, scalable, reliable & secure products on Azure and leverage Microsoft's other clouds & products to increase their monthly active users.• I helped my partners to grow their business over 180% on average, year on year, leading to an increase of Microsoft product utilised by 89%.• Helping customers out-innovate their industry competitors by leveraging AI/ML &technologies that accelerate their speed-to-market

Redmond, Washington, Us

Focused on Open Source Software, I was responsible for growing Azure consumption with customers using DevOps tool integrations like Ansible, Chef, GitHub, Jenkins, and Terraform. Working across multiple Microsoft product teams to drive cohesive roadmaps and product positioning, winning the hearts and minds of developers outside of the Microsoft ecosystem.• Working in the core GitHub acquisition team, I led the marketing integration and defined GitHub's current product positioning and messaging framework, as well as pricing and packing with Azure DevOps• Defined & executed a 1-3 year strategy and roadmap for Azure's support and integration with 3rd party and Open Source DevOps tools, leading to a 1089% YoY increase in Azure consumption driven by these integrations.• Transformed a marquee virtual event to authentically deliver technical content to developers, reaching 189,000 live viewers – an 82% Increase on prior events• Regular briefing and engagement with analyst firms which led to stronger positions in reports such as Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud IaaS• Received a speaker rating of 8.3/9 from CXOs at Executives Briefings

Redmond, Washington, Us

I was an Open Source Software specialist in the Microsoft Azure Global Black Belt team, based in Australia & New Zealand. My job was to ensure that customers, partners and Microsoft teams got the maximum benefits of running Open Source Software on Microsoft Azure.I worked with customers to deliver result-oriented solutions for customers on top of Azure, which were either completely open source based, or a combination of open source software and other offerings. I worked directly with Azure product & engineering teams to help set roadmaps that would help customers use more open source technologies on Azure.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

As Senior Cloud Solution Architect, I worked closely with customers, regional account executives and partners to develop technical solutions that could successfully meet my customers' requirements. My focus was on helping customers to identify how business problems can be solved, and business opportunities realised, through the innovative use of open source technologies.I worked with Red Hat's cloud product portfolio, including Ansible, Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform (RHELOSP), Red Hat CloudForms, OpenShift Enterprise (OSE) by Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), and Red Hat Storage (Ceph & Gluster).While at Red Hat, I lead the product management & development of Telstra's OpenShift Dedicated offering which is now a fundamental component of their PaaS & Developer engagement strategy: https://www.telstra.com.au/business-enterprise/solutions/cloud-services/applications/redhat-openshift#overview

Dublin 2, Ie

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. As a Manager, I was responsible for sales, delivery, and leadership of Accenture's project-based work.Technical Product Manager (SaaS Collaboration Offering):• Enabled the sales lead generation and wins for customers between 1k-75k users through translation of customer requirements to tangible product features and managing internal & external stakeholder relationships• Worked as a trusted advisor with customers throughout all pre-sales, on-boarding and post-sales support activities to ensure successful product operation and realisation of value• Represented customers’ needs & requirements as an internal advocate in the product development cycle, prioritising feature delivery• Reporting to the Director, developed and managed sales pricing models that translated complex infrastructure solutions into scalable SaaS based models. Providing greater transparency of costs per SIO and recommendations for cost reductions.Solution Architect (Accenture Agile Data Centre - APAC): A lead Solution Architect for Accenture's Agile Data Centre (ADC) offering within APAC. Accenture's ADC is a vendor agnostic, private cloud framework that provides a clear, business value driven road map to private cloud implementation and data centre transformation. • Architect solution designs, delivery plans & statements of works on deals ranging between $0.5m-$55m+, 6-36 months in duration and using technologies such as VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat, EMC, NetApp, Cisco, HP, BMC and Huawei.• Develop show cases that demonstrate clear business value through utilisation of cloud technologies• Deliver presentations to key business stakeholders

Dublin 2, Ie

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.As a Consultant for Accenture I provide IT consulting and project management services with a more technical focus in the Data Centre Services division.Technical, Team Lead & Product Management (SaaS Collaboration Offering):• Enabled Go-To-Market within 5 months of project commencement, using Agile project methodologies to iteratively deliver feature sets that provide business value• Managed a cross-functional team of 15 Engineers & Solution Architects to deliver a SaaS Collaboration Suite (Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint & Lync) • Managed the delivery of 3 major functional releases in extremely short time frames while still exceeding time, budget and quality expectations• Ensured business requirements were accurately delivered through the most efficient technology solutionsOperational Acceptance Project Manager (IaaS): • Created an industrialised process for operational acceptance encompassing a project plan template and documentation templates, reducing average operational acceptance timelines from 6-24 months to 1-3 months.• Successfully delivered 7 projects in to operational acceptance on time, within budget and exceeding expectations of receiving operational stakeholders; including the largest public cloud infrastructure deployment project within APAC, in 2012

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Master Of Technology (Business Systems), It, Business

Bachelor Of Arts, Graphic Design