Alan Keister

Alan Keister

VP Engineering at Secure Command, Inc

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Current
Past
  • VP Engineering at GridPoint
  • Vice President of Technology at AOL
  • Director of Engineering at AOL
Education
  • The Johns Hopkins University
  • Ohio University
  • Yellow Springs High School
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

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

    Secure Command, Inc

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    September 2009Present (3 months)

    Responsible for delivering Secure Command’s innovative desktop security products. This includes all technology including software development and quality assurance. We are an agile development team who are rapidly bringing security products to market.

  • VP Engineering

    GridPoint

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    January 2008July 2009 (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; TWX; Internet industry)

    2005December 2007 (2 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)

    20042006 (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)

    19921998 (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)

    19871992 (5 years )


Alan Keister’s Education

  • The Johns Hopkins University

    MS , Comp Sci , 1993

  • Ohio University

    BS , CS , 19831986

  • Yellow Springs High School

    19781982


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