Summary
Keith Larson is a seasoned database leader with 13+ years of hands-on experience managing MySQL and PostgreSQL across startups and enterprises, currently overseeing database operations at Ticketmaster. He built his career before many organizations had formal database strategies, bringing pragmatic architecture, performance tuning, and incident leadership to large-scale environments. Keith has held both technical and executive roles—founding 3K1O LLC, managing community engagement at Oracle for MySQL, and serving as VP of Technology—giving him rare perspective across product, operations, and business. Based in Foley, Alabama, he pairs deep systems expertise with nonprofit leadership as VP of Guardians Against Abuse, reflecting a commitment to mission-driven work. Colleagues rely on him for reliable disaster recovery, remote DBA expertise, and practical automation that reduces toil. He blends entrepreneurial grit with institutional-scale reliability, often solving problems by leaning on decades of operational history rather than fads.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Business Science Degree, Business Administration and Management,Computer Science, Business Science Degree, Business Administration and Management,Computer Science at Regis University
University of Colorado at Denver