Summary
Ken Cation is a seasoned web application developer based in Austin with over a decade building large-scale PHP and TypeScript systems, currently maintaining a proprietary PHP/MySQL platform at NTVB Media. He blends full-stack engineering with systems administration—designing databases, tuning Linux/NGINX stacks, and deploying on AWS—while also contributing UX-forward front ends using Vue, Tailwind, and Nuxt. Ken has led remote teams and project plans for complex inventory, CRM, and social/file-sharing systems, turning management ideas into engineering documentation and feasible roadmaps. Beyond web apps he brings cross-disciplinary experience in desktop and game development (Unity, Godot), graphic design, and hands-on tech support from running his own repair business. He is prolific with developer tooling (Git, Composer, NPM) and leverages AI assistants like ChatGPT and Copilot to accelerate delivery and prototyping. Colleagues value him for practical architecture decisions and a maker’s curiosity—he’s as comfortable sketching UI assets as he is optimizing a SQL schema.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Oakland University
Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science at Oakland Community College