Kenneth Sok
- Richmond, TX
Summary
~20 years of versatile backend/full-stack development experience, from VC-backed startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Specializes in translating complex technical concepts into accessible language for diverse audiences; bridges the gap between code and business strategy.
Skills
- Languages
- PHP, Python, C#.NET / .NET Core, ASP Classic, JavaScript, jQuery
- Databases
- MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, MemSQL, TSDB, ElasticSearch
- Frameworks
- Laravel, VueJS, Flask, RabbitMQ, AWS, Google Cloud, n8n, Pabbly, GHL (GoHighLevel)
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions, GitLab, Docker, Jenkins
- Testing
- TDD, BDD, Behat, Cypress, Jest, PHPUnit
- Other
- Periscope, Cabana, CodeIgniter, Perl, Korn Shell, VB Script, ChatGPT / AI tooling, Slack API, Salesforce API, OneSignal API
Experience
Newbrook Solutions (dba Grow My Business Reach)
Entity founded late 2024. Current focus (law-firm-focused automation consulting) began early 2026; an earlier chapter (GHL white-labeling for home service professionals) is not detailed here.
- Provides automation consulting and fractional CTO services, with a primary niche in law firms, while equally capable of supporting other industries
- Scope closely mirrors work performed at Prevost Law Firm — designs and builds workflow automation, middleware integrations, and coding solutions across independent client engagements
- Acts as fractional CTO for client engagements, providing technical strategy and leadership in addition to hands-on implementation
- Manages data migrations, ETL pipelines, and system integrations for client firms
Prevost Law Firm
- Works with Pabbly, n8n, Google Cloud, MySQL, GHL, Python, and JavaScript as core tooling
- Crafted and built the majority of the firm's internal automation infrastructure, supporting the case management, legal, and sales teams
- Works closely with the CEO to design and build solutions serving the company at large
- Helps process 4,000+ clients across documents, intake, communication, and task management
- Oversees daily task scheduling and internal communication across domestic and international teams
- Built data migration solution from Google Sheets to MySQL, encompassing several hundred thousand records
- Manages and mentors junior automation engineers; conducts code reviews on their solutions
- Handles day-to-day BAU automation bugs and failures
- Maintains data reliability, data migrations, and ETL pipelines
- Processes financial transactions and reporting
Bisnow Media
- As Team Lead: managed/coordinated onshore and offshore developer teams to build a new dashboard for the research team, optimizing their workflow
- As Deployment Manager: implemented a new GitLab branch release process, saving 32+ hours/month of developer deployment time
- Built and supported an online data validation tool for BisCred, an in-house SaaS sales-enablement product for commercial real estate companies
- Managed ETL across multiple applications and data pipelines; built an in-house pub-sub package for data flow
- Debugged, deployed, and optimized applications using AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, SQS, RDS, Data Pipelines, Parameter Store)
- Built reporting from RedShift/Periscope to monitor data flow; ran cleanup automation to restore data when issues arose
EOG Resources
- Developed and maintained applications and microservices supporting real-time fracking operations (C#.NET)
- Led development of a data ingestion dashboard to optimize research and procedure efficiency
- Architected real-time monitoring applications using .NET Core
- Combined NoSQL (external interfacing) with relational databases (internal) for robust data handling
- Coordinated large-scale data integration projects; ran daily standups for continuous enhancement
REI Network L.P.
- Built full-stack web applications and microservices, integrating Slack, Salesforce, OneSignal, and business partner APIs
- Managed 5+ web applications; drove $100K+ in new revenue through new feature work
- Owned QA processes and streamlined deployment for staging/production
- Advised on real estate investing feature development, contributing to a 23% increase in user engagement
AdTerminal
- Built the administrative side of the site for managing members and advertisements
- Provided technology consulting to the CEO on new features and improvements
- Worked alongside an offshore team to provide continuous support
Quantlab Financial
- Streamlined testing, deployment, and verification of new features using Jenkins
- Engineered infrastructure to support 1M+ daily trade transactions (C#.NET, MSSQL)
- Implemented TDD and BDD methodologies plus integration testing to improve code coverage/reliability
- Developed and maintained an in-house command-line tool integrated across multiple company applications
PopScreen, Inc.
- Implemented back-end scripts that scraped data across relevant sources such as blogs and other video sites
- Built a custom testing framework per video source — verified data, confirmed sources were still supported, monitored and debugged as sources changed
- Developed third-party support applications, including browser toolbars, buttons, and a Roku application
J.P. Morgan Chase
Interned in 2005, converted to full-time in 2006.
- Built complex VBA templates for a proprietary data-massaging/risk-assessment system used to inform C-level executive decisions on company leverage
- Supported a global risk analysis application through active development, maintenance, and feature implementation
- Shared knowledge with colleagues on complex application usage and data protocols
Education
University of Houston