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Ken Keller

Principal at Keller Apps

San Jose, California

Overview 

Ken Keller is the Principal at KellerApps in San Jose, California, with a background that includes roles such as VP of Engineering & Operations at VUDU and CTO at IGN Entertainment. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and has invested in various startups like Pilotworks and Origami Labs. Ken Keller has held key leadership positions at VUDU and IGN Entertainment, showcasing his expertise in technology and business strategy. He has also made strategic investments in startups like Pilotworks and Origami Labs, contributing to the growth of emerging companies.

Work Experience 

Keller Apps

  • Principal

    2000 - Current

    Incubating various SaaS projects. Infrequent angel investing.

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Accela

  • Member Technical Advisory Board

    2018 - 2018

Accela provides market-leading solutions that help governments to modernize and build thriving communities.

Raised $215,620,062.00 from Francisco Partners.

accela.com
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Guardant Health

  • Technical Adviser

    2013 - 2015

    Advise founders on SWE, Ops, Sec, IT.

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Collectrium

  • Technical Advisor, co-founder

    2009 - 2015

Collectrium is the next generation art management platform for collectors and art galleries.

collectrium.com
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VUDU

  • VP of Engineering & Operations

    2008 - 2009

Fox Interactive Media

  • CTO

    2005 - 2007

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IGN Entertainment

  • co-founder & CTO

    1999 - 2007

    IGN Entertainment's main Web site is www.ign.com--the largest video gamer portal. Hold titles of CTO & EVP of Engineering. Responsible for application development, IT, IS, and data centers. IGN is owned by News Corp. (Transitioned non-SWE in fall 07.)

excite

  • Director of Development

    1995 - 1996

    First technical employee hired to manage the four technical founders and build the software development and data center teams.

High Level Design Systems

  • VP of Development

    1992 - 1993

    Created 4th generation EDA framework (Pillar) with component software. HLD was acquired by Cadence in '96.

Frame Technology

  • Chief Researcher

    1987 - 1992

    Adobe FrameMaker is the premier long document authoring app. Architect of portability framework (DIM). Programmed key features including tables & network license server (using ONC RPC).

Education 

Investments 

Pilotworks

Seed

Total funding: $15M

Origami Labs

Debt Financing

Total funding: $2M

Equaship

Seed

Total funding amount not yet available

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