Ken Harker is an Internet performance expert, advising Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies in the Retail, Media, Communications, and Travel industries, with a focus on developing their web sites and network services into highly-available and high-performing business assets. Presently, he is a consultant in the professional services organization of the world's leading provider of test and measurement solutions for mobile communications, VoIP, streaming, and internet performance. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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Ken is a 1995 cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, where he received a B.A., double-major in Computer Science and Asian Studies, with Honors in Computer Science. In 1997, he received his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.

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As a Senior Consultant at Keynote Systems, Inc., Ken performs custom data analysis of Internet and mobile communications performance for Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 enterprises. His specialty is relating service level performance data to the end-user experience to provide focus for strategic business initiatives.

At Matrix NetSystems, Inc., Ken designed, developed, and implemented software and related technology to determine the geographic location of Internet host nodes worldwide, becoming one of the world's experts in the field of IP localization. As the project grew, Ken became project team leader, wrote extensive technical documentation, and conducted internal training.

Custom software that Ken designed and programmed while at Zebra Imaging was used to create full color, wide angle, dynamic holograms from computer generated imagery and digital video. 3D hard-copy holograms were created with a mechanical printer that used computer graphics to modulate laser light onto exposed film.

At the Naval Research Laboratory Virtual Reality Laboratory (now known as the 3D Virtual and Mixed Environments Laboratory), Ken researched issues related to the development of a multimodal interface and communications architecture for a distributed, real-time battlefield visualization system.

Ken has been a federally licensed amateur radio operator since 1993. He was Chairman of the 2008 United States Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships and has served as an Internatinal Juror at the 14th World ARDF Championships. Ken is an active member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the Central Texas DX and Contest Club (CTDXCC).

Orienteering is a fun, outdoor map-and-compass sport. Ken has been competing in orienteering and radio orienteering meets for several years. He is a member of the United States Orienteering Federation (USOF) and the Houston Orienteering Club (HOC).

Photos Ken has taken of hiking trips, world travel, and personal adventures. Ken also has some amateur radio photos and family photos on-line.

Since May, 2000, Ken has been a part-time web marketing specialist for an independent specialty software product called TR LOG. He has understood the Amateur Radio marketplace, and created, maintained, and updated a focused web site for a focused market.