Keene Hammond · Engineering leader & free-flight pilot
I build systems.
I chase horizons.
I lead software teams. I build useful things.
And I make room for a very big sky.
Pick a starting point
What brought you here?
People leadership. Engineering depth.
I lead approximately 12 developers at Uniti Group. My work brings together developer coaching, technical direction, and the enterprise applications a business depends on.
Migrated multiple applications to Microsoft Azure while supporting ongoing development.
Windstream · Software Services Manager IMoved source control from Mercurial to Git and consolidated builds, work tracking, and documentation in Azure DevOps.
Windstream · Software Services Manager I“Keene is a gifted manager who knows how to draw out the best in people.”
Hang gliding. Sailplanes. A reason to get outside.
The view from out here.
Flight 29 at Padgham Hill. My first sailplane flight with an instructor. The last light on a Falcon wing.
Still learning. Still glad I went outside.
All films & photo stories ↗Independent projects
Questions worth building around.
Flight × software / Live project
Condor Flight Lab
Turning simulator telemetry into something you can see, understand, and learn from.
Personal product / Early access · in development
Best Day So Far
Choose one good thing. Make a small plan. Give an ordinary day somewhere to go.
Rochester Area Flyers
My volunteer software work for the free-flight community.
Rochester is home. This day was Utah.Hi, I’m Keene.
A software team.
A wing.
A table full of dice.
My career has taken me through theatre operations, college radio, software engineering, architecture, and team leadership. I like having more than one chapter.
Off duty: old-school D&D, vinyl, loud guitars, art, and a road worth taking a detour for. A favorite record or a flying story is a perfectly good introduction.
Three stops from the photo archive