Kevin Jennison Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, PA, US

Joined as 3rd engineer. VC-backed B2B climate tech startup working to accelerate heat pump adoption.

Palo Alto, California, US

Palo Alto, California, US

• Founded Gladly to empower the next generation to do social good. Built from concept to a consumer product that has raised millions for nonprofits and served half a million users.Software Engineer and Architect
• Designed and built a scalable cloud architecture with >99.99% uptime that employs a GraphQL API, pub/sub messaging, and serverless patterns (CloudFront, SNS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Created an offline-first, server-side-rendered web app, achieving stellar user-perceived performance (React, Relay, service workers)
• Built data pipelines and warehousing to monitor KPIs & A/B tests in near-real time, unlocking experiment-driven product iteration that resulted in profitable growthFounder and Engineering Leader
• Enabled rapid development across a distributed team by defining clear goals, adopting test-driven dev processes, and running a Scrum process to iterate in tight loops
• Hired and mentored team members, some of whom have since founded and sold their own startups, and fostered a culture of personal growth, trust, and autonomy

Berlin, DE

• Creator and maintainer of numerous open source projects, including:
• next-firebase-auth: Firebase authentication for Next.js. Managed API and community across years of evolving Next.js framework. See: https://github.com/gladly-team/next-firebase-auth
• tab-web, tab, tab-ads, & tab-cmp: Some of the projects underpinning Tab for a Cause: a React-Relay-GraphQL web app, a serverless backend primarily on AWS, and a performant advertising library with privacy/consent.
• GAM Prebid Setup: Python tool to automate header bidding management in Google Ad Manager. Has helped democratize transparent advertiser relationships for publishers. See: https://github.com/kmjennison/dfp-prebid-setup
• datwd: Tool for Node package developers to more reliably publish lightweight packages using Webpack. See: https://github.com/kmjennison/datwd

San Mateo, California, US

• Caminar is a leading evidence-based behavioral healthcare organization in the San Francisco Bay Area, supporting our neighbors with services for mental health, substance use, housing, employment training, and more.As a.
• Guided strategic planning and M&A evaluations as Chair of the Strategic Growth Committee
• Improved quality of care by helping to define quantitative clinical benchmarks
• Supported budget planning and approval as a member of the Finance Committee

Oakland, CA, US

Consulting; built a Python recommendation engine fueled by data ingested from Salesforce & CRMs.

Exploratory startup: conducted rapid prototyping for a recruiting automation tool

Grinnell, Iowa, US

• Assisted students with calculus and the design and analysis of experiments
• Analyzed alumni data for Grinnell College Office of Analytic Support

Education record

Education record