Summary
Cheryl Jennings is a product-focused engineering leader with 11 years of experience building 0→1 products and scaling engineering organizations across startups and large enterprises. Currently on a planned sabbatical pursuing an MS in Business Analytics at Carnegie Mellon (4.26/4.33 GPA), she’s sharpening quantitative skills to lead data-driven product and engineering decisions. She has led cross-functional initiatives at Segment, Grain, Heap, and Indeed—driving marketing analytics improvements, integrations with Twilio, and launching a high-volume virtual interview platform from concept to 200,000 interviews in seven months. Known for creating data-driven cultures, Cheryl pairs hands-on technical judgment with strong people development, promoting engineers into leadership and scaling teams effectively. Equally comfortable defining product roadmaps and diving into architecture, she blends pragmatic execution with a penchant for measurable impact. Based in Austin, she brings a rare mix of kernel-to-product engineering depth and modern analytics fluency.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Science - MS Business Analytics, Master of Science - MS Business Analytics at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business