Kenneth Norton leads Web search product marketing at Inktomi where he is responsible for strategic planning and future product direction. Prior to Inktomi, Ken was a co-founder of Grand Central Communications, the leading Web services network and an innovator in enterprise application integration. Ken was also the chief technology officer at NBC Internet and its predecessor, Snap, one of the first Internet portals. Ken was a member of Snap's founding team at CNET Networks where he served as director of software engineering. He received a bachelor's degree from Boston University and a master's from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.