Cathy Polinsky
Chief Technology Officer at DataGrail
San Mateo, California
Overview
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.