Ken Jordan — Co-Founder

I care deeply about building things that matter: teams, organizations, character, and community. That’s what has guided me as a technology executive, founder, advisor, and mentor. Whether I’m delivering innovations, helping a company hire the right leader, or helping a young man become one, the through-line is impact that endures. After 20+ years leading award-winning global tech and product teams at companies like Wells Fargo and Capital One, I launched Purple Gold Partners, a purpose-driven executive search firm focused on placing high-impact leaders in tech, product, data, and transformation roles. We’re different by design: built by former executives, not career recruiters. We know what great leadership looks like, because we’ve lived it. Our clients re-engage us at a 95%+ rate, not because we chase volume, but because we obsess over fit, precision, and humanity. Every placement also fuels real-world impact: donations to fight hunger, mentoring support, homelessness, veterans, sustainability, and pro bono career services. I’m also an Executive Advisor to Ippon Technologies, helping leaders in banking connect cloud, data, and AI to business outcomes. And as Board Chair of LAUNCH for Life, I help mentor boys on the path to manhood, a personal mission shaped by experience. AI-fluent. Top 1% global ChatGPT user, topical writer / speaker. Built AI solutions before it was cool. If you're building something meaningful - a team, a transformation, or a legacy - I’d love to connect.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech executive with deep expertise in technology leadership and talent acquisition.

Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States

Experience: 32 yrs

Skills

Executive Search
Talent Acquisition
Executive Advisory
Ai Modernization
Youth Mentoring
Strategic Planning
Technology Leadership
Agile Transformation
Innovation
Crisis Management
Cloud Technology
Ai Innovation
Product Development
Technology Strategy
Project Management

Career Highlights

Founded a purpose-driven executive search firm.
Led technology for 100M customers at Wells Fargo.
Top 1% global ChatGPT user and speaker.

Work Experience

Ippon Technologies USA

Head of Banking - Advisor | Board Advisor (11 mos)

L.A.U.N.C.H for Life

Board Chair and President (4 yrs)

Purple Gold Partners

Founder and Managing Director (4 yrs 4 mos)

Wells Fargo

Chief Technology Officer - Enterprise Functions Technology (3 yrs 5 mos)

Capital One

Chief Information Officer, Small Business Card (3 yrs 1 mo)

Head of Technology Strategy & Delivery - Card Partnerships (4 yrs 3 mos)

Director, Technology (2 yrs)

Senior Consultant to Senior Manager, Technology (10 yrs 4 mos)

Cendant Corporation

Director / VP, Business Integration (2 yrs 5 mos)

CDA Investment Technologies (division of Thomson)

VP, Technical Support and Institutional Research (2 yrs 2 mos)

Education

BBA at James Madison University

at Gonzaga College High School

Ken Jordan

Co-Founder

Richmond, Virginia, United States32 yrs experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Founded a purpose-driven executive search firm.
Led technology for 100M customers at Wells Fargo.
Top 1% global ChatGPT user and speaker.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech executive with deep expertise in technology leadership and talent acquisition.

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Skills

Core Skills

Executive SearchTalent AcquisitionExecutive AdvisoryAi ModernizationYouth MentoringStrategic PlanningTechnology LeadershipAgile TransformationInnovationCrisis ManagementCloud TechnologyAi InnovationProduct DevelopmentTechnology StrategyProject Management

Other Skills

Technical RecruitingHR ConsultingManagement ConsultingAgile MethodologiesExecutive ManagementGlobal Talent AcquisitionArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business AdvisingBoard DevelopmentNon-profit ManagementLive Video StreamingCollaboration SolutionsSustainabilityIntranetAdobe Creative Cloud

About

Experience

32 yrs

Total Experience

6 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Ippon technologies usa

Head of Banking - Advisor | Board Advisor

Jun 2025 – Present · 11 mos · United States

Strategic advisor for award-winning, boutique technology solutions firm serving financial services clients of all sizes. Leveraging 30+ years of banking, technology, and talent experiences to advise Ippon global leadership and banking executives on cloud, data, and AI modernization.
Reach out if I can connect you for AWS, Snowflake, AI, and Software Solutions

Executive AdvisoryAgile MethodologiesExecutive ManagementBusiness AdvisingArtificial Intelligence (AI)AI Modernization

L.a.u.n.c.h for life

Board Chair and President

May 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · Richmond, Virginia, United States

Lead strategy and governance for award-winning mentoring organization for young men in need of positive male role models.

Youth MentoringBoard DevelopmentNon-profit ManagementExecutive ManagementStrategic Planning

Purple gold partners

Founder and Managing Director

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Richmond, VA

Boutique executive search for Technology, Product, Data/AI, and Operations leaders.
Precision over volume. Partner-led (former CIO/CTO) from first conversation to final offer. Built for clients who care about fit as much as speed.
95% client re-engagement. 2,500 meals donated per placement.
pgtransform.com

Technical RecruitingHR ConsultingManagement ConsultingAgile MethodologiesExecutive ManagementGlobal Talent Acquisition+3

Wells fargo

Chief Technology Officer - Enterprise Functions Technology

Jul 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Richmond, Virginia Area

Led a global, enterprise-wide technology function building and operating products that touch 100M customers and 275K+ employees. Led a global team of 800+ aligned with 3 Executive Committee members.
Oversaw MarTech, CX/NPS, Customer Excellence, Enterprise Complaints, Sales, Public Affairs, Digital Signage, Video Streaming, Collaboration, Corporate Communications, and ESG/sustainability platforms.
Won global innovation aware for a microservices-enabled intranet, the first of its kind.
Pivoted fast during COVID, driving content and video delivery for a 225K+ remote workforce.
Kept the world’s Top 3 SharePoint environment at 100% uptime.
Ran the largest U.S workforce giving and philanthropy program.
Led agile transformation and employee experience program for broader corporate solutions function.
Consolidated enterprise data to enable customer 360 view and AI-driven personalization at scale.

Live Video StreamingCollaboration SolutionsSustainabilityIntranetAgile MethodologiesAdobe Creative Cloud+10

Capital one

4 roles

Chief Information Officer, Small Business Card

Promoted

May 2015 – Jun 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Richmond, Virginia Area

Led an elite engineering team behind award-winning Spark Business Card, enabling 30% YOY growth during my tenure. Entire tech stack was fully cloud-native on AWS, with cutting-edge open-source tech. Grew team by ~300% in 24 months.
Earned my 3rd Circle of Excellence award (top 1% in the company) for open-source innovation AND the 2017 RVATech Innovation in Utilization Award.
Rebuilt underwriting stack for account / loan originations; enabled substantial scale
Designed and piloted AI / Machine Learning driven no preset spending limit product, leveraging experiential and third party data and in-memory data grids for dynamic decisioning.
Grew self-service omni-channel capabilities to reduce live-agent calls by 1/3.
Reduced $5B in risk exposure by implementing an on-demand, serverless (AWS Lambda) credit line adjustment process.
Implement sales and marketing capabilities on top of Salesforce to support a 100+ member distributed sales team.

AWS LambdaDevOpsSmall BusinessAgile MethodologiesExecutive ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)+6

Head of Technology Strategy & Delivery - Card Partnerships

Promoted

Jan 2011 – Apr 2015 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Richmond, Virginia Area

Led technology functions supporting the $50B asset card partnerships business for the company. Included leading all product launches, portfolio acquisitions and conversions, client delivery, and core processing.
Cared for 20+ existing partners with $50B in assets.
Helped my global team onboard multiple billion $ + portfolios.
Drove agile transformation for 500+ member organization.

Agile MethodologiesExecutive ManagementTechnology StrategyAgile Transformation

Director, Technology

Dec 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs · Richmond, Virginia Area

Led Card Act of 2009 workstreams
Built entire new private label infrastructure
Converted and onboarded $20B in card portfolios
Supported a large global team

Agile MethodologiesProject Management

Senior Consultant to Senior Manager, Technology

Aug 1998 – Dec 2008 · 10 yrs 4 mos · Richmond, Virginia Area

Key leader in $600MM program to fully replace card infrastructure.
Ran one of the biggest RFPs in company history.
Launched Capital One's first card partnerships
Won multiple Circle of Excellence awards (top 1%)

Cendant corporation

Director / VP, Business Integration

Mar 1996 – Aug 1998 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Stamford, CT

Led combined technology and operations organization accountable for delivery of new business capabilities, client management, 3rd party integration of enhancement services, and business rule implementation.