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I am a web performance expert, helping my customers distill complex
performance data into actionable business intelligence. In 2017, I
joined the web performance consulting team at
Akamai Technologies
to help grow and expand their real user measurement services business.
I thrive in tasks that derive clarity from complexity. I live and
work in Austin, Texas.
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Contact Ken Harker
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Real User Measurements
I am an Enterprise Architect, Web Performance at
Akamai Technologies, delivering
professional services and data science analysis on real user
performance measurements we collect for our enterprise customers.
Our team analyzes the site performance and business effectiveness
of web sites, with focus on helping
customers optimize their sites for maximum conversion and revenue.
I specialize in transforming technical performance data into
actionable business intelligence.
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Synthetic Measurements
Prior to Akamai, my web performance consulting for customers used
real user measurements at SOASTA
(today, a part of Akamai) and synthetic user test measurements at
Keynote (today, a part of
Dynatrace). I worked with
enterprise customers in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
I have been an invited guest speaker at major conferences and
webinars related to web and mobile site performance, including
the Yankee Group, O'Reilly Velocity, and Internet Retailer
conferences.
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Orienteering and ARDF
I have been competing in orienteering and Amateur Radio Direction
Finding (ARDF) for over 15 years. I am a member of Orienteering USA
(OUSA) and the Austin Orienteering Club (AOC). I have been a
federally licensed amateur radio
operator since 1993 and a member of the American Radio Relay League
(ARRL). I have been an organizer of the United States ARDF
Championships twice (2008 and 2016). I served as an International
Juror at the World ARDF Championships in Korea in 2008, and I have
competed for Team USA at the World ARDF Championships three times:
in Croatia (2010), Kazakhstan (2014), and Bulgaria (2016). I am
the current Team Captain for the USA national ARDF team.
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