Katie Kent
Staff Product Manager at Semgrep
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Staff Product Manager
2024 - Current
Help build application security tools used by teams at Dropbox, Lyft, and Figma. Lead our supply chain security product.
Profoundly improving software security and reliability
Raised $93,000,000.00 from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Redpoint and Felicis.
Advisor, Investor, Builder
2021
Partner with founders and leaders on product strategy, roadmaps, and UX. Roles ranging from on-demand thought partner to temporary full-time with startups in fintech, HR, logistics, and security. Investor in Contra, Puzzle, Levels, Mental, Poppy, et al (some as LP).
Director of Product
2022 - 2023
Led the PM team for the security data tool loved by teams at Snowflake, Coinbase, and Asana. Contributed to revenue growth over 3x from $XM to $XXM. Hired 3 senior and staff-level PMs and managed a team of up to 6.
Co-Founder
2019 - 2021
Started a company with former colleagues bringing a data-oriented approach to job placement. Investors included Founders Fund, Coatue, and the co-founders of 7 unicorns. Responsible for the customer experience with an NPS > 90. Hired and managed a team of up to 9.
Product Manager
2017 - 2019
Product lead for the "UberPool" of ocean shipping, an $XM dollar business unit growing nearly 3x year over year. Unblocked deals with enterprise customers by driving a fully-fledged API for visibility into customer data. Part of the journey from 300 to 2000+ employees.
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
Raised $2,699,000,000.00 from Shopify.
Product Manager
2014 - 2017
First B2B PM at Galvanize. Scoped and designed solution, working shoulder-to-shoulder with sales leadership. Co-created the Data Science for Executives course, helping Fortune 100 executives understand machine learning and AI use cases. Key member of the team that integrated Zipfian Academy's product and team into Galvanize.
Co-Founder
2013 - 2014
Launched the first data science bootcamp in the United States. Drove $1MM in year 1 revenue as a bootstrapped startup, leading to acquisition by Galvanize. Interviewed 170 data science leaders and incorporated their feedback into our strategy.
Training data scientists, analysts, and engineers of all kinds.
Intern
2013 - 2013
Helped early-stage startups with customer development and marketing. Built scrapers to get news about our portfolio and the industry.
Research Assistant
2011 - 2013
Wrote and updated website content with HTML, CSS, and Adobe Dreamweaver.