Keith Preston is a seasoned engineering leader with 19 years of experience building developer platforms and driving software development effectiveness at scale, currently serving as Senior Director of Engineering for Client Platforms at Reddit. He has a track record of organizing large cross-functional teams and delivering reliability and automation—at Apple he helped achieve 99.2% UI test reliability and at Snapchat he cut mobile crash rates by 90% (Android) and 75% (iOS) through data-driven attribution and visualization. Comfortable spanning infrastructure, mobile, web, and developer experience, he has led org builds, cost-saving initiatives, and shipped hardware and platform products like Spectacles. Keith combines a PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MBA with deep hands-on systems and automation experience, making him equally fluent in technical architecture and organizational strategy. An understated strength is his knack for turning test and telemetry data into concrete product and process improvements that scale across hundreds of teams.
19 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of Kansas
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) New Venture Management, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) New Venture Management at University of North Alabama
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Keith Preston - Senior Director Of Engineering, Client Platforms