Ken Kirchoff
Sr Director of Platform Engineering @NinjaOne
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WORK HISTORY
Sr Director of Platform Engineering @NinjaOne
CT, US
Joining the Platform Engineering leadership team during a period of significant growth for NinjaOne. I am responsible for guiding the SRE and Datacenter teams to ensure the reliability and performance of our RMM solutions.My current focus is on integrating with the existing engineering culture and supporting our scaling efforts through- Team Mentorship: Supporting the growth and technical development of the SRE and Datacenter organizations- Infrastructure Resilience: Overseeing core datacenter operations and modern site reliability practices- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering with the VP of Platform Engineering and peer leadership to streamline our internal technical capabilities- Strategy Execution: Applying my background in enterprise architecture to help scale our platform infrastructure efficiently.
EDUCATION
Rochester Institute of Technology
BS, Electrical Engineering Technology
Southern Connecticut State University
MBA, Masters of Business Administration
New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
MS, Information Systems Engineering
ABOUT KEN KIRCHOFF
I am a technologist who believes that \"Modern Architecture\" isn\'t about chasing the newest tool—it’s about choosing the right tool to solve a business problem.Over the last 25 years at Priceline, I’ve had the rare opportunity to evolve alongside the internet itself. I went from racking Sun Sparc servers and managing on-prem data centers to architecting a massive-scale Google Cloud environment running Kubernetes pods.Most recently, I served as a Fellow Architect, a role that allowed me to step back and solve the company’s hardest technical challenges.What I bring to the table:\"Hybrid\" Pragmatism: I am not a cloud zealot. I have deep roots in on-premise infrastructure, networking, and storage. I know when to lift-and-shift, when to refactor, and when to stay put.FinOps Reality: I don\'t just build clouds; I make them profitable. I recently led a strategy that saved $12M annually by shifting workloads to spot instances and optimizing compute resources.Innovation that Scales: From inventing \"Tracks\"(a novel developer testing platform),\"Database Resiliency\"(multi-region primary database failover) to architecting GenAI solutions using VertexAI, I build systems that increase velocity for hundreds of engineers.I am currently looking for my next challenge as a Senior Architect or Head of Infrastructure. I thrive in roles where I can bridge the gap between complex engineering execution and executive business goals.
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