Ted Neward
Director of Platform Strategy, Quicken Loans
Ted is a Director of Platform Strategy for Quicken Loans, where he directs and defines next-generation platform strategy for the company. Prior to this, he was (and remains) the Principal at Neward & Associates, LLC, where he advised companies looking to figure out the intersection of people, process and technology. He's been at every level in the organizational tree -- from software engineer up through architect, Director, and CTO -- for companies ranging from sweat-equity startups to IPO-success startups to companies who've been public for decades. He's written dozens of books and hundreds of articles on Java, .NET, Javascript, iOS and Android, including a monthly back-page editorial in CODE Magazine. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, sons, three cats, seven smartphones, eight tablets, five laptops, and a serious electric bill. Reach him on Twitter as @tedneward.