Kendra Vant
Chief Product Officer at Arena Mars
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolKendra Vant is a Chief Product Officer with 12 years' experience turning AI research into revenue-generating products for scale-ups and enterprises. A Physics PhD from MIT, she blends deep technical judgement with commercial rigor to close the gap between “cool demos” and profitable, defensible AI offerings. She’s led global AI and data portfolios at Xero and SEEK, launched multiple market products, and accumulated patents that reflect practical innovation. As founder of Europa Labs and advisor to major VCs and national programs, she focuses on POC-to-production pragmatism, regulatory navigation, and building cross-functional teams that ship. Kendra also serves on national data advisory bodies and boards, bringing policy-savvy perspective to product strategy. Her uncommon strength is being technical enough to spot vendor hype while relentlessly prioritising measurable EBITDA impact.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMSc, Physics, MSc, Physics at University of AucklandGithub contributions (4)
kendravant/gc_project
Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:21 commits in 9 days
kendravant/aips-shortlisting-with-rr
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 8 days
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