Summary
Kenny Cason is a seasoned technology leader and CTO/co‑founder with 11 years of experience building data-driven startups and product teams, currently leading engineering at Arrived Homes. He co-founded Datarank (YC S13), guided its acquisition by Simply Measured, and later helped integrate those technologies at Sprout Social, demonstrating a rare blend of startup founding, M&A execution, and hands-on architecture. A Kotlin enthusiast who writes "beautiful computer words," Kenny spans backend data systems, AI/NLP interests, and product-facing analytics while keeping a creative edge in game development and art. Based in Seattle, he pairs Marine Corps discipline and early defense systems engineering with deep curiosity about languages and culture (Chinese/Japanese), bringing both operational rigor and cross-cultural perspective to building scalable products.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator
Japanese, Japanese at Kansai Gaidai University
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Arkansas
English, Japanese, Chinese