Role: Executive Leader in Global Partner Sales | Driving Cloud Growth via Marketplace Strategy & Co-Selling Excellence | AWS, Intel, IBM & Startup Alum

Context: October 4, 2016, Tracie worked with Kent but they were at different companies

Kent is one of the most talented Product Managers that I have ever worked with. He sees complex connections and the big picture/vision of a solution with ease and is able to communicate that easily to others. 

Additionally, Kent is excellent at managing partners as he is very personable and seeks to get a win for both sides. Genuine, honest, driven and hard working are adjectives that all come to mind when I think of working with Kent. 

Additionally, he is very technically capable across many technical disciplines and easily ramps into new technologies making him an easy hire for any high tech company.

Role: Enabling extraordinary employee experiences

Context: September 12, 2014, Aliza was senior to Kent but didn't manage Kent directly

Kent is an intelligent, driven, naturally curious, personable and hard working professional. Kent can always be counted on to commit his full passion and energy to the success of the business and deliver results. He's always proposing innovative solutions, and will stretch beyond his role to be a true team member in the Company. He's a model employee, a role model to emulate, and I can't say enough positive comments about Kent.

Role: Senior Legal Counsel

Context: December 23, 2018, Sonja worked with Kent but on different teams

As a CLO in Bitnation, I worked alongside Kent for a year. Not only has he been a key player on our development team, but his skills and leadership qualities would make him an invaluable addition to any information technology content development team.

Bitnation as a small start-up didn’t yet have the opportunities for leadership for which Kent is qualified. Kent is poised to step into a role of CTO for a content program with the potential for global reach. Kent can plan, create, and market IT content and build a global presence for blockchain technology. He’s also an excellent writer with a facility for translating technical information into engaging content.

In addition to his professional qualifications, Kent has personal qualities that make him well-suited to leadership. He’s naturally fallen into the role of “point person” that many of us go to with questions. He’s not afraid to take risks and often suggests new directions to explore. Kent was instrumental in introducing our platform for a direction that has proven to be very fruitful. He’s committed to quality, growth, and progress, and he inspires his team members to strive for the same. 

In short, Kent is a person with vision.

Role: Cofounder-Advisor | Building ventures in Safety, Manufacturing, Digital transformation & Emerging Sectors

Context: July 16, 2007, Sunil reported directly to Kent as Kent’s senior architect, and continues to work with Kent to this day with 214 Alpha

Hard working and very energetic person, who effortlessly includes you in the team work (irrespective of you being junior/senior to him).

I enjoyed working with him while doing the initial design of a content management software product and together wrote a highly recommended design for the product.

He was managing a team in India and working from Oregon, USA and full of passion to include everyone in the team to contribute for the product, champion of usability factors.

I would always cherish my working with him, love to work with him again and recommend him for any managerial position.

Role: Executive Vice President & Partner Lightning Migration | 20-Year Management & Technology Consultant | Digital Product Innovator | EY, Nike, Intel

Context: July 13, 2007, Barrett worked with Kent but on different teams

My experience working with Kent was a pleasure. His attitude and personality helped make our jobs fun and enjoyable. He has an outgoing spirit, charisma and energy that allows him to easily find common ground and build rapport with almost anyone.

Additionally I found Kent to be incredibly knowledgeable and informed in both his job and organizational operations. His technical background and attention to detail are only outmatched by his initiative.

Role: Revenue Enablement Leader

Context: September 11, 2014, Elizabeth worked with Kent but on different teams

I met Kent a couple months after I joined Tripwire. He was introduced to me as someone who could help me with a project on which I was tasked, that of creating a Sales Playbook. Creating this playbook was not part of Kent's job responsibility; however, he jumped in with both feet on its development, leading a team of collaborators almost every morning at 7 for a couple of months.

We weren't just developing a simple playbook... we dissected everything we knew about our products, our sales challenges, our customers - delving into the real issues and coming up with a unique approach. Kent was passionate about the Playbook and it was one of the reasons he was given the Sales Impact Player award at our Sales Kick Off meeting that year (in my opinion, the most prestigious award that we have). This is just one small example of the energy and enthusiasm with which Kent approached pretty much everything at Tripwire.

If you have the opportunity to hire Kent, do it. He is brilliant, passionate, caring and a team player. He will do whatever it takes (and then some) to achieve his goals and drive forward the mission of the organization.