Ken Collins Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Excited to join Randstad Digital, Torc as VP of Product. Leading our AI-driven talent marketplace to revolutionize how businesses connect with top-tier digital talent globally. Committed to building intelligent solutions that bridge the gap between exceptional talent and visionary companies in the digital age.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Leadership team on Custom Ink's Commercial Platform, with a focus on RevOps and #GenAI, I have harnessed my extensive skills in AWS, Event-Driven Enterprise Architecture, and AI to drive innovative product solutions, significant advancements in revenue growth and improved customer experiences. Most recently:- Enterprise Architecture aligned with Business & Product driving growth.- Multi-Modal Al Design Analysis & Segmentation using LLaVA & Claude 2.1.- Merchandising Al Retrieval (RAG) with Baymard Usability & Faceted Search.- Broad Organization Al enablement with OpenAl Enterprise (GPTs) and Copilot.- Component-based Image Personalization Product Suite for Designs & Merchandising.- Active-Active Multi-Region DR Infrastructure for K8s & Lambda Workloads.- Innovative Container Workload between K8s & Lambda EDA jobs using Rust.- Unlocked Cloud Autonomy using IAM Capability-based CI/CD Pipelines & DX.- DX Strategy for DevContainers Enabling Efficient Contributions to 100+ Repos.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Franklin, Tennessee, Us

Implemented some basic steps to moving the organization to a more service oriented design by defining API layers, single sign on solutions, and development setups. Built internal tools for their pharmacist call queue using Spine.JS that heavily leveraged WebSockets and Server Send Events to keep all clients synchronized. The JavaScript application was developed on top of a new Rails application back-end along with a Ruby client gem that opened up APIs for this new service to legacy RoR applications.

Glen Allen, Va, Us

Senior developer on a very large multi-tenant Rails application for the heavy duty (class 7 and 8) truck industry. Experience maintaining and upgrading Rails from version 1.0 to current 3.2 version. Maintained the entire SQL Server stack for both Ruby and Rails. Sole author of the existing ActiveRecord adapter as well as the TDS protocol layer, a Ruby C extension which communicates to the database. This was done to ensure modern standards for web application encoding and platform longevity. More can be found on guest blog posts of mine titled Modern SQL Server & Rails and SQL Server 10x Faster with Rails 3.1 on the Engine Yard blog.Created and maintain numerous gems that extend the Rails framework for the business model. These happen at almost every component to the framework but I do like to specialize in ActiveRecord extensions. The list below is just a small summary of the general accomplishments and work skills.* DBA Level Knowledge of SQL Server* Author ActiveRecord SQL Server Adapter* Author TinyTDS Ruby C Extension For TDS Protocol Layer* QR Coding Scanning Vehicles & Matching jQuery Mobile Application* Memcached, Redis & Background Jobs* BDD Process Based On Headless UI Testing* Advanced PDF Integrations Using HTML5/CSS3

As the sole developer created a multi-tenant Rails eCommerce application tailored for the coupon industry. Due to the unique nature of the digital goods, virtual inventorying and security, the entire application included strict business rules on the monthly inventory per retailer campaign that had timeout hooks in the front end shopping cart. Digital goods were compiled and delivered via a custom Java application per transaction that created serialized coupons with barcodes for that specific transaction by the central Rails application. Made extensive use of ImageMagick and the GNU Barcode Ruby wrappers. Developed payment processing utilizing both the direct and express checkout methods of PayPal's NVP API.Built a community marketing site for the company's upcoming trading card game (TCG) called FightKlub. The majority of my involvement for this application involved developing customizations to Mephisto/Beast and deploying them into production. These sites can be currently found at decipher.com and include Prototype animations, custom liquid templates, and core extensions to Beast to register new founding mentors.Moved entire company from Microsoft ActiveDirectory/Exchange services to Apple XServes using OpenDirectory/Postfix/Cyrus. Also moved all non legacy .Net applications and websites to those existing XServes. Troubleshooted critical routing errors by predecessors and firewall configurations which also involved setting up new gigabit Cisco equipment to maintain companies DMZ and existing VLANs to offsite warehouses. Learn how I even setup my own home network way back in the day using Mac Minis.* Working With Rails Prior 1.0 Release* Expert Level ImageMagick Usage* PayPal API Development For Front & Back Office* Ops Experience Setting Up Email, DNS, Switches & Firewalls

In the later part of 2004, I partnered with my brother Ben Collins to start up a small company in the niche market of the online storage industry. Even though our company was bought out, I still contribute by maintaining a position on the Board of Directors and continue my prior creative work and online marketing efforts.* Logo, Website & Identity Design* Implement & Theme Drupal CMS

Newport News, Va, Us

Joined the Executive Committee to help provide steerage for the company's new business unit that focused entirely on eCommerce sales of closeout CD-ROM Software and DVD Movie titles. It was my responsibility to maintain the profitability of the company, which relied heavily upon my previous Online Marketing experience and my technical prowess to leverage their existing IT infrastructure and Internet Publishing assets.I successfully integrated all revenue and marketing channels into a trackable system that utilized a combination of their proprietary systems, 3rd party conversion tools, new custom code that captured and reported on aggregate data. A summary of these channels include:* Retention Marketing System* Search Marketing (Organic & PPC)* Affiliate Program & Comparison Shopping Portals* Online & Offline Media Placement* Virtual Drop Shippers* Incentivised Loyalty Program

Responsibilities included identifying customer requirements, making build-versus-buy decisions, maximize technology partnerships, and developing products to capitalize on existing and emerging market opportunities. Defined and managed the company's collocation/hosting needs, hardware/software suppliers, online media placement channels, e-commerce strategies & content management systems. Provided documentation/training, and many other hands-on IT support services.Developed and managed many solutions for large-scale projects throughout the company. Successes were attributed to a utilization of strong organizational skills, standard management processes, and a hands-on understanding of numerous UNIX, Windows and Internet development practices. Maintained the highest customer satisfaction rating and strict adherence to project and financial milestones.* Directed Both Creative & Technical Teams* Local Addy Award Winner For Design/Development* Vertical Marketing Experience In Travel/Tourism & The Food Industry

Worked to obtain lead technician by providing strong affiliate support, documentation of skills, and the ability to train new/existing staff. Provided the department with new efficient processes and applications.Working with the head of Product Development, I was awarded a contract with NetSurfer to provide consulting and development for its Macintosh software distribution method. While partially on-site in Atlanta, Georgia, the product was built, tested, and integrated into the CD Surfer Kit for distribution to InfiNet and all of their affiliate newspapers.Provided design and print services for the Human Resources Department's latest campaign of collateral pieces for their employment workshops.* Design, Development & Test National CD-ROM Software Install* Lead Affiliate Technical Support