John Kendall
Product Manager at Google
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolJohn Kendall is a product manager with a technical pedigree (BS in Computer Science from Michigan and an MBA from MIT) and a track record of shipping developer-focused cloud-native products across Microsoft, Amazon, Cockroach Labs, Datadog, Snyk, and now Google. He pairs hands-on engineering experience with product strategy, having built a CockroachDB Kubernetes Operator from 0-to-1 that drove 76% compounded monthly growth and led Datadog’s Kubernetes Overview Experience that boosted weekly active users by over 20%. At Snyk he launched IaC+ and steered platform-level decisions that preserved top customers and enabled the company’s largest IaC-led deal. He regularly turns technical work into marketable thought leadership—authoring cloud and container reports that influenced revenue and adoption. Based in the New York City area, he thrives in data-driven, customer-centric teams and is comfortable influencing C-suite strategy while still shipping developer-facing features. A former developer and test engineer, he brings an uncommon blend of technical depth, product instincts, and go-to-market impact.
3 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at University of MichiganMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at MIT Sloan School of ManagementHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
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Github Skills (46)
hugo10
datadog10
caddyserver9
pci9
documentation9
methodology8
ide-plugin8
snyk8
web-application7
aws7
gradle-plugin6
unity-game-engine6
speech6
drift6
google-cloud-speech6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
johnrk/ingress-nginx
Sep 2023 - Feb 2025
Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
Contributions:49 PRs, 47 pushes, 46 branches in 1 year 4 months
johnrkendall/juice-shop
Apr 2023 - Jul 2024
OWASP Juice Shop: Probably the most modern and sophisticated insecure web application
Contributions:37 PRs, 46 pushes, 43 branches in 1 year 3 months
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