Tom Kenaley

As a Senior Partner and President at KORE1, I lead a team of IT professionals who deliver scalable and efficient IT solutions for diverse and complex projects. KORE1 is a leading provider of IT services and talent acquisition, serving clients from Fortune 500 to start-ups across all business verticals.

What Is HR Leave Management Software and Why Are Manual Leave Processes Failing HR Teams?

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HR leaders discussing HR leave management software in a modern office

Managing employee leave may seem straightforward, but as organizations grow, manual processes often become difficult to maintain. What starts as a simple spreadsheet or email approval system can quickly turn into a time-consuming task that creates confusion, payroll errors, and scheduling conflicts. To address these challenges, many businesses are adopting Leave Management Software that automates … Read more

Data Engineer vs Data Architect: How to Hire Each

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Two data leaders in conversation deciding between a data engineer and a data architect hire

By Tom Kenaley, Co-Founder and President, KORE1 A data architect decides how data should be modeled, stored, and governed across the whole company, while a data engineer builds and runs the pipelines that move it. One produces decisions other people build against. The other produces code that runs at 4 a.m. and pages somebody when … Read more

Network Engineer Career Path 2026: The Fork at Year Four

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Senior network engineer standing beside a server rack in an enterprise data center

By Tom Kenaley, Co-Founder and President, KORE1 The network engineer career path moves from NOC technician to network architect over roughly ten years, with base pay running from about $62,000 to $218,000. Which branch you take around year four matters more than how fast you climb. The bottom rungs are shrinking. The top ones are … Read more

NetSuite Functional Consultant vs Technical Consultant: What’s the Difference?

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NetSuite functional consultant and technical consultant standing on opposite sides of a glass office partition

By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 A NetSuite functional consultant decides what the system should do and configures it natively. A technical consultant writes the SuiteScript and integrations for whatever configuration cannot reach. One owns the process. One owns the code. Sounds academic. It is not. Post the wrong req and it costs … Read more

Product Designer Salary Guide 2026

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Two product designers reviewing printed interface wireframes pinned to a studio wall

By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 A U.S. product designer earns a median base near $115,000 in 2026, with most offers landing between $95,000 and $150,000, while senior designers at funded software companies clear $200,000 in total compensation. One title, a hundred-thousand-dollar spread. That is not bad data. That is what happens when … Read more

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