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Katie Kent

Staff Product Manager at Semgrep

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Katie Kent is a Staff Product Manager at Semgrep in San Francisco, with a background in product management and entrepreneurship. She has held leadership roles at various startups, including co-founding Placement and Zipfian Academy, and has experience in product development at companies like Flexport and Galvanize Inc.

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.

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