Summary
Kathy Ems is a product-focused full stack engineer and former IT manager with 11 years of experience building data-driven web and mobile applications across biotech, healthcare, pharma and non-profit sectors. Currently a Product Owner at Genentech, she previously led engineering teams and shipped React Native, VueJS, Python and MEAN-stack solutions that turn complex datasets into intuitive visual interfaces. Kathy combines hands-on coding discipline (TDD, clean scalable code) with product instincts honed from project and infrastructure management roles, including managing multi-hundred-thousand dollar projects and data center moves. Based in San Francisco, she values iterative teamwork and mentorship, and brings a rare mix of front-end polish and backend integration experience shaped by both enterprise and academic healthcare environments.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Informatics; Telecommunications, Bachelor of Science Informatics; Telecommunications at Indiana University Bloomington
Master of Science Information Systems, Master of Science Information Systems at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business