Ken Z
About
Ken Z is from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Ken works in the following industries: "Higher Education", "Management Consulting", "Food & Beverages", "Consumer Electronics", "Consumer Goods", "Building Materials", and "Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing". Ken is currently Senior Product Manager at Moen Incorporated, located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Ken also works as Owner at xenify, a job Ken has held since May 2020. In Ken's previous role as a Co-Founder & Head of Product at HotSpot CookTop, Ken worked in Cleveland, Ohio, United States until Jun 2020. Prior to joining HotSpot CookTop, Ken was a Director of Platform at SideChef and held the position of Director of Platform at Shanghai City, China. Prior to that, Ken was a Project Engineer at Vita-Mix Management Corporation, based in Olmsted Township, OH from Jun 2013 to May 2018. Ken started working as IT Project Manager at Eaton Corporation in Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area in Jun 2010. From Jul 2008 to May 2010, Ken was IT Leadership Development Program at Eaton Corporation. Prior to that, Ken was a Hardware Engineer at VXI Technology from Jan 2006 to Jan 2008. Ken started working as IT Tech Support at Case Western Reserve University in Jan 2003.
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Ken Z's current jobs
Boutique consulting in smart kitchen and smart home product development.
Ken Z's past jobs
Leading design, product management and data teams. Responsible for setting and measuring product management KPIs, developing and managing product roadmap, product releases and building up data expertise. Go to person for managing and executing B2B initiatives with key partners such as LG, GE, Samsung, Facebook, Amazon, Electrolux, Sharp, BSH, V-ZUG.
Project Management for technology and innovation projects, vendor management. Responsible for multiple innovation projects including IOT initiatives. Developed prototypes in connected appliances. Responsible for forging strategic technical partnerships in the smart kitchen space. Previously responsible for program management in IT Infrastructure and Engineering areas. Programs under my oversight include Information Security, Data Center, IT Operations and Technology R&D. Developed an IOT prototype for a key commercial customer. Prior to that I was responsible for program management in Human Resources, Business Insights, Finance, and Legal areas.
Project Management; Program Management of Customer Facing applications including web portal, order management, rebates, POS, eCommerce; Pricing; Business Intelligence; Master Data Management; Business Process Improvement; Serving in a Business Relationship Management and Liaison role between customer facing business functions and IT Managed multiple customer facing web, e-commerce and business intelligence projects for the multi billion dollar Industrial Sector - Hydraulics Group Implemented Oracle Siebel CRM software suite for the multi billion dollar Industrial Sector - Vehicle Group on a global basis; Project Management; Business Process Improvement
Responsibilities in business process improvement, business analysis, project management, functional design in the area of order management, Oracle Fusion Applications - Distributed Order Orchestration, e-commerce web store, Siebel Quote and Order Capture, Product Configurator, and Pricing Managed projects across multiple multi billion dollar business groups in Electrical Sector, Industrial Sector - Hydraulics Group
FPGA Development using Verilog HDL Hardware Testing and Debugging Electronic Design R&D on M2M, embedded systems, clock synchronization, test and measurement, sensor and control technologies