Ken Burke
About Ken Burke
Ken Burke is a Project Manager in the Program Management Office at Transamerica, where he has worked since 2018. He has extensive experience in IT management and has held various leadership roles across multiple companies, including Alcon, Verizon Wireless, and Fidelity Investments.
Work at Transamerica
Ken Burke has been employed at Transamerica as a Project Manager in the Program Management Office since 2018. He operates in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area and has accumulated six years of experience in this role. His responsibilities include overseeing scrum masters and development teams to ensure the delivery of results-driven solutions. Burke has managed significant projects, including a $90 million Financial Modernization program aimed at consolidating over 30 finance systems into a single finance data lake and financial data warehouse.
Previous Experience in IT Management
Prior to his current role at Transamerica, Ken Burke held various positions in IT management across multiple organizations. He worked at Alcon as an IT Manager for Manufacturing Systems from 2007 to 2009. Additionally, he served as the Director of Application Development for Analytics and Reporting at Quest Diagnostics from 2009 to 2013. His experience also includes roles at Verizon Wireless, where he held several managerial positions in IT architecture, strategic planning, and software development from 1995 to 2002.
Educational Background
Ken Burke has an extensive educational background in engineering and computer science. He studied at Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he completed Master's Level Studies in Management. He also attended Montana State University-Bozeman, achieving Master Studies in Industrial Engineering. Furthermore, he studied at the State University of New York College at Buffalo, where he earned a Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) in Computer Science. His foundational education includes a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from the University of Evansville.
Leadership in Technology and Business Intelligence
Throughout his career, Ken Burke has demonstrated leadership in technology and business intelligence. He has led teams of over 60 developers focused on data ingestion, transformation, and presentation for business applications. His expertise includes promoting big-data solutions and technologies such as Sparc, SparcPy, Sqoop, and Informatica to enhance business systems. Prior to his role at Transamerica, he served as the IT Director for Business Intelligence and Big Data at CompuCom from 2015 to 2017.