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    Ken Hamric

    Seasoned Entrepreneur and Engineering Leader

    Ken Hamric is the Founder of Tracetest, a cloud-native testing tool that leverages OpenTelemetry-based tracing to enable deep integration testing for distributed applications.1 With over 30 years of experience in developing software products, Ken has a strong background in enterprise testing solutions.2

    Career Highlights

    Tracetest: Ken founded Tracetest in December 2021 as a Kubeshop project. Tracetest allows for easy creation of end-to-end tests via a simple user interface, utilizing existing investments in OpenTelemetry-based tracing.

    Previous Ventures:

    • Founded CrossBrowserTesting.com in 2008, which was acquired by SmartBear in 2016.12
    • Served as Vice President of Software Engineering at SmartBear from March 2020 to October 2020.
    • Founded HomesByOwner.com in 1999, a SaaS-based B2B model for FSBO magazine publishers, mortgage brokers, and flat fee MLS realtors.

    Expertise and Achievements

    Ken's expertise lies in:

    • Developing software products, particularly in early-stage ventures
    • Enterprise testing solutions
    • Cloud-native applications and distributed systems testing

    Under Ken's leadership, Tracetest has achieved several milestones in its first year, including:

    • Reaching 500 GitHub stars
    • Integrating with 9 different products
    • Producing 38 blog posts and numerous videos
    • Presenting at conferences such as KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe3

    Education

    Ken holds a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from The University of Memphis.

    Ken Hamric's LinkedIn profile can be found at linkedin.com/in/ken-hamric-016b1420.1

    Highlights

    Apr 26 · tracetest.io
    A Tool for Cloud Native Testing - One Year In | Tracetest Blog
    A Tool for Cloud Native Testing - One Year In | Tracetest Blog
    Oct 8 · youtube.com
    How Testability Drives Observability - Ken Hamric, Tracetest ...
    How Testability Drives Observability - Ken Hamric, Tracetest ...
    Sep 19 · youtube.com
    Introduction to Tracetest - with Ken Hamric - YouTube
    Introduction to Tracetest - with Ken Hamric - YouTube

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    Experience

    Founder at Tracetest.io, A Kubeshop project
    Vice President of Software Engineering at SmartBear, Director of Development at SmartBear, Founder of CrossBrowserTesting.com, LLC, Founder of HomesByOwner.com, Technical Sales Consultant at Oracle

    Education

    Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from The University of Memphis

    Location

    Collierville, Tennessee, United States