Ken Exner is Chief Product Office at Elastic, where he helps customers gain actionable insights from ever-increasing volumes of data. He leads their cross-functional product teams, such as engineering, product, and design, to deliver great experiences for customers. Ken is passionate about building customer-oriented solutions that balance flexibility and ease of use and believes customers shouldn’t have to compromise for either.

Ken joined Elastic after three decades in various technology companies leading product and engineering teams. Most recently, he spent 16 years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he built and managed dozens of products used by millions of customers worldwide.

Ken holds a bachelor of science degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Ken and his family live on the outskirts of Seattle, where they spend time with their pets, which include dogs, cats, chickens, goats, and alpacas.