Professional Summary
Ken Kousen is a Java Champion, the author of six technical books, and a Professor
of the Practice in Computer Science at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He runs
Kousen IT, Inc., offering technical training, mentoring, and software development
in Java, Kotlin, Spring, Gradle, Android, and AI/LLM topics.
📚 Books
I’ve written six technical books over the past decade, on topics ranging
from the Groovy/Java intersection to modern Java functional programming,
Kotlin, Gradle for Android, Mockito, and a managing-up handbook for
technical professionals.
Mockito Made Clear
Help Your Boss Help You
Kotlin Cookbook
Modern Java Recipes
Gradle Recipes for Android
Making Java Groovy
For earlier academic publications (from a previous life), see my Google Scholar profile.
🎓 Education
PhD, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1989
Princeton University
MA, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1986
Princeton University
MS Computer Science
2000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS Mechanical Engineering
1984
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS Mathematics
1984
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✨ Interests
Java, Kotlin, Groovy
Spring & Spring Boot
Gradle build automation
Android development
AI and Large Language Models
✉️ Contact
- Email: ken.kousen@kousenit.com
- Blog: Stuff I’ve Learned Recently
- Newsletter: Tales from the jar side (Substack)
- YouTube: Tales from the jar side
- Location: Marlborough, CT