Chris Kent is an experienced marketing and product leader with a 20+ year track record spanning startups, Fortune 500s, and the U.S. intelligence community, now serving as SVP Marketing in San Francisco. He combines deep technical roots—from early careers as a UX/UI designer, Flash developer, and CTO of interactive firms—with senior product and security marketing roles at HashiCorp, Cohesity, Clarifai, and Metronome. Comfortable at the intersection of product, go-to-market, and engineering, he has led launches for cloud, security, and automation platforms while translating complex technical value into customer-facing narratives. A former intelligence officer, he brings analytical rigor and mission-focused execution to commercial product strategy. His background building hundreds of web and mobile experiences and running a digital agency provides unusual hands-on product empathy for modern SaaS growth.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Intelligence Studies with Intelligence Analysis, Bachelor’s Degree Intelligence Studies with Intelligence Analysis at American Military University
Multicultural Studies Multicultural Studies, Multicultural Studies Multicultural Studies at Shoreline Community College
High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Edmonds Woodway
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