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Cathy Polinsky

Chief Technology Officer at DataGrail

San Mateo, California

Overview 

Cathy Polinsky is the Chief Technology Officer at DataGrail, with a background that includes serving as VP of Engineering at Shopify and CTO at Stitch Fix. She has expertise in scalability, distributed systems, and agile methodologies, contributing to her successful leadership roles in various tech companies. Polinsky's career highlights include holding executive positions at major tech companies like Shopify and Salesforce, showcasing her leadership abilities in driving technology and engineering teams to success. Her current role as CTO at DataGrail demonstrates her continued impact in the tech industry and her proficiency in areas such as cloud computing and SaaS.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2022 - Current

    At DataGrail, we are developing a privacy platform that modern brands rely on to build customer trust and transparency. We untangle the complexity of data privacy and help brands build privacy programs that work, giving them an easy-to-use platform to scale privacy and stay compliant with regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and CPRA.

DataGrail is the Privacy Control Center for modern brands to reduce risk and build trust.

Raised $84,200,000.00 from Next47, Cloud Apps Capital Partners, American Express Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Third Point Ventures, Felicis and Operator Collective.

  • Board Director

    2020

Aetion provides real-world evidence (RWE) and outcomes-based analytics solutions to life science companies and payers.

Raised $203,600,000.00 from B Capital, Warburg Pincus, Foresite Capital, Flare Capital Partners and New Enterprise Associates.

  • LP

    2019

    Operator Collective brings together as limited partners 100+ ultra-talented operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech.

Operator Collective is a venture fund and dream team community of Operator LPs.

  • VP of Engineering

    2021 - 2022

    Led the Merchant Services engineering division which spanned key products that merchants use to run and grow their business like Money (Payments, Capital, Balance and Blockchain), Marketplaces, Shipping, Retail POS, Transactions (Taxes, Shopify Markets), Inbox and more. My talented org of engineers and interns grew to over 900 while launching an incredible number of new products and services that made it easier for entrepreneurs to focus on their business.

  • CTO

    2016 - 2020

    Led Engineering, Product & UX, Security and IT organizations at Stitch Fix to transform how people find things that they love through an innovative blend of data science and personal stylists.

  • SVP/VP of Engineering, Enterprise Search

    2014 - 2016

  • VP of Engineering, work.com

    2013 - 2014

    Work Better Together

  • Sr. Director of Software Development, Platform Engineering

    2009 - 2013

Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.

Raised $65,375,124.00 from Starboard Value.

  • Sr. Engineering Manager

    2005 - 2009

Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.

Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    2004 - 2005

Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.

  • Software Engineer

    2001 - 2003

  • Software Development Engineer

    1999 - 2001

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

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