Kyle Killion
Founder of Traverse
Oakland, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2022 - Current
Bringing a decade of experience of building an OTA directly to hotels.
Founder
2012
Working with an amazing team to make every vacation better.
Suiteness is a free-to-join hotel booking website connecting hotel rooms and suites.
Raised $6,000,000.00 from CSC Upshot, Tilo Bonow, Kima Ventures, Rocket Internet, Jared Ablon, MetaProp, Scott Banister, Muhsen Syed, David Hauser and FundersClub.
VP of Product
2011 - 2012
Defined and launched Apartment List. The first apartment recommender.
Apartment List is a smart, simple and seamless renting platform that’s dedicated to making the process fair and transparent for all.
Raised $169,000,000.00 from Quantum Partners, Tenaya Capital, Canaan Partners, Janus Henderson Investors and Allen & Company.
Product Manager
2009 - 2010
Product manager for the Salesforce integration, paperless billing, and the Yelp Deals Beta.
Yelp is an online platform that connects people with great local businesses through user-generated reviews and recommendations.
Raised $56,000,000.00 from Elevation Partners.
Product Manager
2008 - 2009
Designed UI/UX for the Expense module, iRequest & iBuy, Quickbooks integration, the Supplier Network, and custom fields.
Coupa is a cloud platform for business spend that offers a fully unified suite of financial applications for business spend management.
Raised $219,000,000.00 from ICONIQ Growth, PremjiInvest, Battery Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Crosslink Capital and Rally Ventures.
Co-founder and Director of Product
2006 - 2008
Lead the design and development of a clever solution for musicians working together in different parts of the world.
Co-founder and Technical Director
2003 - 2006
Developed a WiFi remote control for home theater automation. Sold the product to Pegasus.
Systems Programmer
2001 - 2003
Developed specialized programs and processes for Mac Geniuses.
Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.
Founder and CTO
2000 - 2001
Developed a marine platform for satellite dishes and a wireless network with custom clients for onboard computers. Patents are now owned by a military contractor.
Special Agent #008
1997 - 2000
Worked as an early member of a talented group rethinking computer support. Helped to write "The Geek Squad Guide to Troubleshooting Any Computer Problem".
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS)
1996 - 2000