Henry Keena
About Me & About Page

Hi! My name is Henry Keena. Originally from the small southwestern Connecticut town of Darien, I am a software engineer currently working for Amazon.com, Inc.
I obtained both my Bachelor's degree in Human Centered Computing, and Master's degree in Software Engineering(with a concentration in Natural Language Processing) from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Professionally, I have experience working in software development in academic, governmental, and industry settings, using a diverse range and variety of technologies, on teams both large and small.
In my free time I have a number of hobbies and interests, including hiking and camping, sport shooting, books and video games, as well as occaisonally writing and creating various types of artwork.
Education
Master Degree
Rochester Institute of Technology
Master of Science (MS), Software Engineering
Bachelor Degree
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor's of Science (BS), Human Centered Computing
Professional and Related Experience
Amazon.com, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Software Development Engineer (L4)
Amazon.com Inc. Full Stack Software Development Engineer (L4), on the MerchBX team that developed and shipped the MerchOnDemand Configurable Product service, allowing customers to design and order custom merchandise via Amazon's retail site.
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
DHS, CISA
Rochester, NY
Software Security Engineer (Contractor)
Software Security Engineer creating confidential security analysis and vulnerability detection tools for the Department of Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, through the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute.
Amazon.com, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Software Dev Engineer Intern
Full Stack Software Development Engineer Intern for the Merch Buyer's Experience Team at Amazon.com Inc. Developed and deployed customer facing product customization features on the Amazon website.
Intelleplant LLC
Rochester, NY
Cofounder, Chief Executive Officer
Cofounder and CEO of Intelleplant LLC, a New York based startup creating automated aeroponics based farming & gardening systems. Raised team from myself and my cofounder, to a team of 8 professionals and engineers, with seed funding provided by the National Science Foundation.
RIT Linux Users' Group (RITlug)
Rochester, NY
President
Worked and managed organizational activities as the President of RITlug, a non-profit student organization at RIT dedicated to educating students and professionals in the Rochester, NY, region about the Linux family of operating systems.
IBM
Littleton, MA
Full Stack Software Engineer Intern
(Data & AI)
Full Stack Software Engineer Intern on the IBM Data & AI Team, building and maintaining internal development tools for IBM Watson AI engineers
IBM
Littleton, MA
Full Stack Software Engineer Intern (Cloud)
Full Stack Software Engineer Intern on the IBM Cloud Team, building and maintaining internal development tools for IBM Cloud engineers.
Connecticut Information Technology Institute
(UConn CITI)
Stamford, CT
Information Technology Intern
Information Technology Intern responsible for automating and maintaining classroom and educational software suites for engineering students at the University of Connecticut, Connecticut Information Technology Institute.
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