Ken has spent his career at the intersection of two questions: What does this technology actually make possible, and is the organization ready to use it? Drawing on several decades at the forefront of enterprise technology, he partners closely with Norwest’s investors and portfolio company leaders to define product strategy, activate AI inside their businesses and software, architect technology transformation, and shape talent strategy and organizational design. He serves as a trusted advisor to CEOs, CTOs, and product leaders as they navigate the decisions and tradeoffs that separate companies that scale from those that stall.

He began his career after earning a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, where he developed a foundation for understanding complex systems and solving root-cause problems rather than simply addressing symptoms. Early in his career, he worked at the frontier of enterprise technology, developing distributed computing architectures and contributing to the standardization of single sign-on technology that underpins how many of us log in today. This path led him to MuleSoft, where he was an open-source contributor and early member of the executive team, helping lead product and engineering as the company grew from an open-source project into a $200+ million enterprise software business, completed an IPO, and was ultimately acquired by Salesforce for $6.5 billion.

Later, he held executive product leadership roles at Box, where he helped shape early AI and automation initiatives, and at Symphony, where he focused on combining data, human communication, security, and automation. Most recently, as Chief Product Officer at CData, he led the company’s strategic pivot toward AI infrastructure, repositioning a legacy connectors business as a critical layer for enterprise AI deployment.

Before joining Norwest, Ken spent six years as Senior Vice President, Value Creation at Warburg Pincus, partnering with portfolio companies on product strategy, technology transformation, and AI- and data-driven growth initiatives. Following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he was asked to lead the firm’s efforts to evaluate the implications of generative AI for both technology and business. He helped drive AI adoption across the firm and led transformation initiatives throughout the portfolio, working closely with innovation leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, McKinsey, PwC, and others.

Today, he remains closely connected to his alma mater and serves on the University of Virginia Engineering School Board of Trustees. He also serves on the board of the Military Aviation Museum of Virginia, an institution founded by his father that preserves flying aircraft and educates the public on the history, innovation, and impact of aviation during the first half of the twentieth century.