Summary
Kat Kuhl is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years scaling product and platform teams across e-commerce, federal, nonprofit, and SaaS sectors, now serving as VP of Engineering at Smartsheet. She combines deep technical architecture and UX expertise with hands-on experience in incident management, performance coaching, and cross-functional roadmapping to turn complex stakeholder needs into pragmatic solutions. Her background includes directing organizations of 30–50 engineers, leading major site migrations and large-scale Drupal projects for clients like the U.S. Department of State and the FTC, and tripling design capacity while aligning international teams. Kat also invests in talent development—running behavioural interviewing programs for international engineers and mentoring managers to improve hiring, feedback, and team culture. Notably, she pairs product ownership instincts with a strong accessibility and content-strategy lens, ensuring technically sound decisions remain customer-focused.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. International Studies, B.A. International Studies at American University