Katie Kent
Staff Product Manager at Semgrep
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Staff Product Manager
2024 - Current
Lead product for Semgrep Supply Chain, guiding a cross-functional team of 20. More here: https://semgrep.dev/products/semgrep-supply-chain
Profoundly improving software security and reliability
Raised $93,000,000.00 from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Redpoint and Felicis.
Advisor, Investor
2021
Partner with founders and leaders on product strategy, roadmaps, and UX. Currently most involved with Prospect (joinprospect.com). Early investor in Puzzle, Contra, Fieldguide, Levels, Mental.
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.
Co-Founder
2019 - 2021
Started a company with former colleagues bringing a data-centric approach to hiring. Responsible for an NPS > 90. Placement evolved into Exec.com. Investors include Founders Fund, Coatue, and the co-founders of 7 unicorns.
Product Manager
2017 - 2019
Joined at Series B with 35 engineers, stayed through Series D+ with 2000 employees and 9 global offices. Founding PM for the "UberPool" of ocean shipping and later for platform.
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 PM for B2B. Scoped and designed solution, working shoulder-to-shoulder with sales leadership. Started as Director of Outcomes, leading our job placement team across all programs and offices.
Co-Founder
2013 - 2014
Launched the first data science bootcamp in the US, driving $1M in first-year revenue as a bootstrapped startup. Led business development, marketing, and the customer feedback loop.
Training data scientists, analysts, and engineers of all kinds.
Intern
2013 - 2013
Helped early-stage startups with customer development, PR, and marketing.