Keith Kohler
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Aaron DiBella
I have worked with Keith on many large migration and integration projects at RiverStone. I was continually impressed by Keith’s ability to resolve the toughest integration issues and provide technical direction and leadership. Keith, is adept at bringing people together and concisely communicating complex solutions and inspiring new and innovative ideas. This unique ability seemed to come effortlessly to Keith and he was highly respected throughout the company.
Michael Garcia
I’ve worked closely with Keith over the last 4 years, first as a peer and then reporting to him as the Director of the Test and Performance Engineering organization at Liberty Mutual. Keith is a highly capable leader, who’s breadth of IT knowledge, passion for software development and ability to not only create the right vision, but to lead others in realizing that vision, is what sets him apart (Built Global Test and Performance Test/Engineering discipline and organization). He is that rare leader who truly understands the IT landscape so well, that he can engage in a conversation on any topic, Architecture, DevOps, Software Development, Agile, Performance Engineering and Testing, speaking with authority and adding value through each collaboration. Keith is a leader who is always thinking 3 steps ahead, thinking of organizational design and how to best develop talent to meet the technological and organizational needs of the future. Keith truly thrives in today’s fast paced, ever changing, IT environment, demonstrating steadfast and forward thinking leadership though challenging times and transformation especially. I greatly value Keith’s collaborative style, his technical knowledge and his strong leadership skills, he truly has much to offer an organization.
Aaron DiBella
I have worked with Keith on many large migration and integration projects at RiverStone. I was continually impressed by Keith’s ability to resolve the toughest integration issues and provide technical direction and leadership. Keith, is adept at bringing people together and concisely communicating complex solutions and inspiring new and innovative ideas. This unique ability seemed to come effortlessly to Keith and he was highly respected throughout the company.
Michael Garcia
I’ve worked closely with Keith over the last 4 years, first as a peer and then reporting to him as the Director of the Test and Performance Engineering organization at Liberty Mutual. Keith is a highly capable leader, who’s breadth of IT knowledge, passion for software development and ability to not only create the right vision, but to lead others in realizing that vision, is what sets him apart (Built Global Test and Performance Test/Engineering discipline and organization). He is that rare leader who truly understands the IT landscape so well, that he can engage in a conversation on any topic, Architecture, DevOps, Software Development, Agile, Performance Engineering and Testing, speaking with authority and adding value through each collaboration. Keith is a leader who is always thinking 3 steps ahead, thinking of organizational design and how to best develop talent to meet the technological and organizational needs of the future. Keith truly thrives in today’s fast paced, ever changing, IT environment, demonstrating steadfast and forward thinking leadership though challenging times and transformation especially. I greatly value Keith’s collaborative style, his technical knowledge and his strong leadership skills, he truly has much to offer an organization.
Aaron DiBella
I have worked with Keith on many large migration and integration projects at RiverStone. I was continually impressed by Keith’s ability to resolve the toughest integration issues and provide technical direction and leadership. Keith, is adept at bringing people together and concisely communicating complex solutions and inspiring new and innovative ideas. This unique ability seemed to come effortlessly to Keith and he was highly respected throughout the company.
Michael Garcia
I’ve worked closely with Keith over the last 4 years, first as a peer and then reporting to him as the Director of the Test and Performance Engineering organization at Liberty Mutual. Keith is a highly capable leader, who’s breadth of IT knowledge, passion for software development and ability to not only create the right vision, but to lead others in realizing that vision, is what sets him apart (Built Global Test and Performance Test/Engineering discipline and organization). He is that rare leader who truly understands the IT landscape so well, that he can engage in a conversation on any topic, Architecture, DevOps, Software Development, Agile, Performance Engineering and Testing, speaking with authority and adding value through each collaboration. Keith is a leader who is always thinking 3 steps ahead, thinking of organizational design and how to best develop talent to meet the technological and organizational needs of the future. Keith truly thrives in today’s fast paced, ever changing, IT environment, demonstrating steadfast and forward thinking leadership though challenging times and transformation especially. I greatly value Keith’s collaborative style, his technical knowledge and his strong leadership skills, he truly has much to offer an organization.
Aaron DiBella
I have worked with Keith on many large migration and integration projects at RiverStone. I was continually impressed by Keith’s ability to resolve the toughest integration issues and provide technical direction and leadership. Keith, is adept at bringing people together and concisely communicating complex solutions and inspiring new and innovative ideas. This unique ability seemed to come effortlessly to Keith and he was highly respected throughout the company.
Michael Garcia
I’ve worked closely with Keith over the last 4 years, first as a peer and then reporting to him as the Director of the Test and Performance Engineering organization at Liberty Mutual. Keith is a highly capable leader, who’s breadth of IT knowledge, passion for software development and ability to not only create the right vision, but to lead others in realizing that vision, is what sets him apart (Built Global Test and Performance Test/Engineering discipline and organization). He is that rare leader who truly understands the IT landscape so well, that he can engage in a conversation on any topic, Architecture, DevOps, Software Development, Agile, Performance Engineering and Testing, speaking with authority and adding value through each collaboration. Keith is a leader who is always thinking 3 steps ahead, thinking of organizational design and how to best develop talent to meet the technological and organizational needs of the future. Keith truly thrives in today’s fast paced, ever changing, IT environment, demonstrating steadfast and forward thinking leadership though challenging times and transformation especially. I greatly value Keith’s collaborative style, his technical knowledge and his strong leadership skills, he truly has much to offer an organization.
Experience
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Stretto
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director, Quality Engineering & Delivery Process
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Dec 2021 - Present
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The RiverStone Group
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United States
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Insurance
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director, Quality Engineering & DevOps | Technology Services
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Apr 2018 - Aug 2021
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OPK Consulting
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Portsmouth, NH
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Independent Advisor and Consultant
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2018 - 2021
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Liberty Mutual Insurance
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, Quality, Test and Performance Engineering | Global Specialty IT
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Dec 2013 - Dec 2017
Created the vision with supporting strategies and directed operations for the Software Quality, Test and Perf. Eng. org. in GS - Software Engineering Services. Built a global team of 75+ engineers (20 employees + contractors), managers and sr. tech. leaders. • Delivered and improved related capabilities supporting concurrent large and complex tech. programs for business-critical systems. • Championed Agile initiatives such as implementing continuous auto. test and quality frameworks, increasing the software dev. talent posture and proliferating holistic perf. eng. practices. • Responsible for a several million-dollar budget supporting an $8-10 billion global business. • Implemented the SDET role by hiring principal developers; accelerated improved code quality and dev. practices. • Promoted Agile Dev. techniques for SCRUM and SAFe models; TDD/BDD/ATDD, paired quality assistance, etc. Show less
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Newmarket, an Amadeus company
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager, Quality Engineering / QA Lead / Principal QA Engineer
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Mar 2003 - Dec 2013
As a key leader in R&D for 10+ years, managed full product lifecycle quality from idea to customer support for web services-based integrated solutions, enterprise apps and SaaS products. • Reduced costs by automating testing and virtualizing E2E integration workflows, streamlining system integration certifications and evolving Agile practices. • Drove revenue growth collaboratively by significantly increasing saleable vendor integrations in two years. • Contributed to a SaaS revenue model transformation by adapting global quality engineering, modernizing auto. and perf. engineering and leading Developers in a matrix management model. Show less
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CenturyLink
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager, Software Quality & Performance Engineering
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Feb 1999 - Feb 2003
Qwest Internet Solutions 1999-2003 (CenturyLink acquired Qwest) Dec 2002-Feb 2003: Software Performance Management Consultant for Qwest client. Managed software QA department operations and revenue generating web performance technical services. Delivered dozens of concurrent releases for high-profile clients over several years for a national Internet Solutions Professional Services organization. • Defined overall strategy and improved agility for all types of collaborative software testing. • Increased revenue by millions; built and sold prof. services and packaged solutions. • Hired all levels of resources; developed talent; conducted reviews and set comp. levels. • Implemented production infra./labs to virtualize 1000s of users and monitor all tech. tiers. • Extensive website/product design, auto. coding experience and end-to-end QA/Perf. Eng. execution for hundreds of releases: e.g., original jetblue.com with first-of-kind online flight booking, original myciti.com for online banking for Citibank, Yahoo Toolbar, full B2B/B2C e-Commerce frameworks for several apparel brands and interactive digital marketing solutions for several industries. *Recipient of National and Regional awards – “Manager of the Quarter”. Show less
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Engineer, Software QA
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Nov 1997 - Feb 1999
National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC - merged with Depository Trust Corporation). 1997-1999. Managed a team and projects delivering QA, test automation and performance engineering capabilities for financial securities transaction processing web apps & client/server systems. Produced SDLC artifacts and collaborated with C-level stakeholders. • Designed, coded and executed automated and end-to-end functional, system integration, acceptance, Y2K, and load tests. • Managed vendor relationships; researched test auto tools markets, proposed and negotiated price quotes and contracts for CIO. • Wrote job descriptions and interview questionnaires; conducted interviews and hired talent. • Collaborated with business leaders to analyze and define system, user, functional and technical requirements. Show less
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ORACLE FINANCIAL SERVICES SOFTWARE LIMITED
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India
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Quality Assurance Automation Developer
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May 1996 - Nov 1997
Hyperion Software 1996-1997 (acquired by Oracle) Designed and developed a re-usable test harness in Visual Basic to exercise C++/ATL COM interfaces for a multi-product data access layer used to perform analysis, reporting and data entry for Hyperion’s entire suite of financial applications. Designed, planned, coded and executed all automated test types for financial analysis/reporting apps. • Analyzed C++ APIs, created project plans and developed client apps and test OLE DLLs. • Coded reusable automated API testing via driving the client apps with a UI test auto tool. • Demo’d products to and trained staff; presented to Fortune100 clients at User Conferences. • Collaborated with Pre-Sales Engineering and developed client solutions. Show less
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InterGroup Technologies
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Cambridge, MA
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Consultant, Software QA Developer
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Sep 1995 - Apr 1996
• Executed all test types on a proprietary software IDE product – an embeddable interface builder for OLE/OCX technology. • Coded test apps utilizing the product to exercise software components, third party custom controls and API calls. • Defined test plans, launched daily builds, performed smoke tests, isolated/reported defects and built client install packages. • Helped hire a QA manager, build the capability and team; technically assisted and trained new members. • Executed all test types on a proprietary software IDE product – an embeddable interface builder for OLE/OCX technology. • Coded test apps utilizing the product to exercise software components, third party custom controls and API calls. • Defined test plans, launched daily builds, performed smoke tests, isolated/reported defects and built client install packages. • Helped hire a QA manager, build the capability and team; technically assisted and trained new members.
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Education
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University of Vermont
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, MIS
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