Kenneth Buker
Software Development Manager at Tampa Bay Lightning
Greater Tampa Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKenneth Buker is a software development manager with 11 years of experience leading analytics and engineering efforts for the Tampa Bay Lightning, rising from data analytics intern to manager and technical lead. He blends data science, software engineering, and competitive gaming domain expertise to deliver decision-support tools and production systems used in a championship-winning NHL organization. His background includes building R-based analytics tooling (including a published VGheatmap package) and presenting at GDC on big-data approaches to esports, reflecting a strong intersection of sports, gaming, and analytics. Kenneth is hands-on with data pipelines and product-focused engineering, mentoring teams to turn complex datasets into actionable insights. Based in Greater Tampa Bay, he brings a rare mix of championship-level sports operations experience and technical leadership in data-driven product development.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Clearwater Christian CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Information Science/Studies, Bachelor’s Degree, Information Science/Studies at University of South FloridaAssociate’s Degree, Associate’s Degree at Hillsborough Community College
English
Github Skills (57)
scheduler9
windows9
android9
macos8
flutter8
python8
cross-platform8
automation8
apache8
machine-learning8
desktop8
ios8
data-science8
monitor8
orchestration7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
KCIV/VGheatmap
Mar 2016 - Apr 2020
A respositry for the R package VGheatmap which generates heatmaps for video game analysis.
Contributions:1 release, 5 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 1 month
r-packagerstatsvideo-gamevideoheatmaps
KCIV/LotkasLaw
Mar 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:39 pushes in 4 months
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