Ken Edwards
Director Of Software Engineering at ATEC Spine
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKen Edwards is a seasoned engineering leader with over 20 years of experience building cloud-native, data-driven software organizations and driving revenue through product lifecycle excellence. Currently directing software engineering for next-generation patient care, he has a track record of shepherding teams through M&A, scaling global AWS and SaaS practices, and launching innovation labs that turn early concepts into customer-validated products. Hands-on enough to contribute to open-source cloud projects like Eucalyptus while leading 100–200+ person engineering organizations, he blends Lean-Agile discipline with pragmatic technical direction. Known for cultivating cross-functional teams across the US and India, Ken excels at translating complex technical trade-offs into measurable business outcomes and resilient delivery processes. He brings uncommon experience balancing prototype speed (Kubernetes/Windows containers) with enterprise-grade operations—useful for teams that must innovate without sacrificing reliability. Based in the San Diego area, he combines deep cloud and IoT/GenAI familiarity with a strong emphasis on client relationships and people development.
14 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at California State University, Chico
Github Skills (6)
javas10
git10
java10
code-cleanup9
computer-engineering9
cloud-computing8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
eucalyptus/eucalyptus
Oct 2011 - Sep 2013
Eucalyptus Cloud-computing Platform
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:152 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Ken primarily focused on fixing typos and syncing code with the "eee_clc_dev" branch. They made modifications to Java files, including adjustments to the `ServiceTransitions.java` and `EuareService.java`. Furthermore, the user was involved in merging branches and adapting code across various modules and native files.
cloud-computing
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