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Kenneth Chen

Energizer · DISC type I
COO and CFO at Aiven
📍 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Kenneth Chen serves as the COO and CFO of Aiven, an open-source data platform. His career includes leadership roles at Spotify and PwC, focusing on finance, strategy, and risk management. He earned his BS from UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor.

Originally from California, Kenneth relocated to Stockholm for a six-month work assignment and embraced the opportunity to "live the Swedish life to the fullest, " which led to him staying there. He values balancing personal passion with expectations and is a husband and father.

He has a long-standing passion for digital music, having worked as a software tester for Winamp in the late 1990s.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
COO and CFO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Personality Overview

How Kenneth shows up

Relationship Oriented
Full Of Energy
Imaginative

They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Priorities

Topics Kenneth cares about

Open Source Data
As COO and CFO of Aiven, he is helping build the "trusted open source data platform for everyone, " reflecting a core focus on this technology.
Customer-Centric Growth
He joined Aiven because he wanted to be part of a tech organization with a "customer-centric and product-driven mindset, " a key value for him.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
COO and CFO
Aiven
10-2024
CFO/COO
Aiven
9-2023 - 10-2024
Chief Financial Officer
Aiven
6-2021 - 9-2023
VP, Finance Strategy Operations & Risk
Spotify
12-2014 - 6-2021
Vice President & Chief Audit Executive
Spotify
In the press

Media appearances

Aiven appoints new CFO to Executive Team to drive growth and scale. Featured in Aiven Press Release
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Kenneth Chen - COO at Aiven. Featured in The Org
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Education
1999 - 2003
BS
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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