Ken Gavranovic

About Ken Gavranovic

Ken Gavranovic has spent his career leading companies through growth, transformation, and the kind of scale that requires clarity, discipline, and real operational leadership. He’s served as a CEO of a Nasdaq-listed company, led product and technology at high-growth, multi-billion-dollar scale, and stepped into some of the most complex executive roles companies face during pivotal moments.

A Career Built on Execution

Ken built Web.com from the ground up as Founder and CEO, scaled the company to hundreds of millions in revenue, and took it public on Nasdaq. He then brought his product and engineering leadership to New Relic during its scale-up years, where he helped accelerate growth, reshape the platform strategy, and guide cross-functional teams around the world. At Cox Automotive, he led a major cloud and DevOps transformation across a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, proving his ability to modernize systems and organizations at enterprise scale.

Across every role, the through-line is the same: Ken is the operator who steps in when momentum matters, complexity is rising, and the company needs a leader who can make things move.

His Leadership Philosophy

Ken’s approach is direct, grounded, and centered on execution. He believes companies win when:

• Leadership is aligned and focused on the right problems

• Teams understand what matters and why

• Strategy is translated into daily operating discipline

• Product, engineering, and go-to-market operate as one system

• Leaders create the conditions for innovation and accountability

He cuts through noise, clarifies priorities, and builds the systems that help teams move faster with less friction.

How Ken Creates Value

Organizations bring Ken in when they need more than advice — they need outcomes. Depending on the situation, he works in one of two modes:

Turn-Key Operator:
Ken partners with leadership teams to solve real problems, tighten strategy, stabilize execution, and accelerate growth. He becomes a force-multiplier and helps teams deliver results they’ve struggled to achieve on their own.

Interim Executive (CEO, CPO, CTO, CPTO):
In high-stakes transitions, Ken steps in as an interim leader to stabilize the business, drive execution, rebuild trust, and create the conditions for the permanent executive to succeed. Companies rely on him during moments of uncertainty, transformation, or rapid growth.

What Sets Ken Apart

Ken’s unique value lies in the combination of experiences most leaders never get to hold at once: CEO, CPO, CTO, founder, public-company operator, growth-stage builder, enterprise transformer, investor, and advisor. He understands technology, product, operations, culture, leadership, and markets — and he knows how to make all of them work together.

His work is grounded in one promise:
Clear direction. Relentless execution. Real, measurable momentum.

If your company is scaling, transforming, or navigating complexity, Ken brings the experience and leadership to help you get where you’re trying to go — faster and with far fewer missteps.