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The personal home page of open source entrepreneur, architect and author Ken O. Burtch.

About Ken


	Ken O. Burtch Dream and Devise, Demonstrate and Deliver

Who is Ken O. Burtch?

Ken O. Burtch is best known as the author of Linux Shell Scripting with Bash and as an application/technical architect for the world's most popular children's website, Webkinz. Ken has been developing software since the early 1990's. He founded PegaSoft Canada and developed software for the Apple IIgs computer, including the DrawTools animation kit and the award-winning game Quest for the Hoard. He began using Linux before it was cool and has written articles for the Linux Gazette and other magazines. He has reviewed papers for the IEEE. He enjoys working for relaxed companies, designing new inventive solutions to challenging problems.

What does he think?

Ken is loyal, hard-working and outspoken: he believes in leadership through teamwork, open dialog and management-by-walking-around. He has been writing about the computer industry for more than a decade. You can read his latest essays on his The Lone Coder column.

How do I contact him?

Ken currently resides in the Niagara region with an apartment in the greater Toronto area. Contact information is located on the PegaSoft People Page. Employers can also view his resume and endorsements though Linkedin.com.

What else does he do?

Ken is also an accomplished poet and fiction writer. His hobbies include collecting animation, recreational walking, playing piano, managing open source projects and discussing ethics and business. Interested in the poor and orphaned, he sponsors third-world children through Worldvision and has worked as a committee chairman. homeless shelter volunteer and teacher for churches.

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Ken with Webkinz Site Lead,
Webkinz Release 101 Party 2009