Alan Keister

Current

• VP Engineering at GridPoint
• Vice President of Technology at AOL

Past

• Director of Engineering at AOL
• Manager of Operations at America Online
• Software Developer at TRW

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Education

• The Johns Hopkins University
• Ohio University
• Yellow Springs High School

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Alan Keister’s Summary

Vice President of Product Development for Instant Messaging and Social Networking products. This includes many web products and Instant Messaging for AIM, and ICQ. Software Development and Engineering background. Well versed in web technologies and rapidly building highly scalable software.

Alan Keister’s Specialties:

Leading product development, scrum process, innovation

Alan Keister’s Experience

• VP Engineering

  GridPoint

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Building software and electronics products to help electric utilities and consumers cut energy costs and reduce the environmental impact of producing energy. We are focused on products that help electric utilities build and manage the “smart grid”, the next-gen electric grid that can be managed as a network of intelligent devices.

• Vice President of Technology

  AOL

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; twx; Internet industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years)

  Leading a world class organization of 170+ software engineers with teams in India, Ireland, and USA. We build some of the world’s most popular products including AIM and ICQ Instant Messaging, Social Networking and Community products. Years of experience leading end-to-end product development process on many platforms and with many technologies. Repeatedly proven to build products quickly and efficiently.

• Director of Engineering

  AOL

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; aol; Computer Software industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

  Lead software development teams who built highly scalable systems on Linux, Windows client server apps and web apps.

• Manager of Operations

  America Online

  (Public Company; aol; Internet industry)

  1992 — 1998 (6 years)

  Six years in AOL Systems Operations group (1992-1998) where I served as Manager and Architect of Enterprise Management Systems, Manager of Partner Web Hosting group, Manager of Internet Operations group, and more. Lots of growth and lots of fun.

• Software Developer

  TRW

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1987 — 1992 (5 years)

Alan Keister’s Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  MS , Comp Sci , 1993

• Ohio University

  BS , CS , 1983 — 1986

• Yellow Springs High School

  1978 — 1982

Additional Information

Alan Keister’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Alan Keister’s Interests:

Skiing, Golf, Wakeboarding, Windsurfing, more

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