Keller Apps invests in startups, advises on technology, & serves as interim engineering executive.

Ken Keller, Principal

Ken is a veteran of Silicon Valley software startups:

• co-founder: Cadence (SDA lineage), IGN, Collectrium
• initial team: excite employee #1, Frame employee #2, High Level Design Systems engineer #3 (VPE), Guardant Health (adviser)
• TAB: Tumbleweed, Accela, Playhaven

Ken received his PhD in computer science at UC Berkeley under Professor Richard Newton. His thesis, An Integrated Circuit CAD Framework, described the Squid data store and Hawk graphics editor. His layout editor, KIC, was used to design chips like the SGI geometry engine. He won the Hertz Fellowship. He received his BS in applied math (CS concentration) from CMU where he helped define the CS major.