Kirk Lin is a finance leader with 10 years of progressive experience scaling finance functions across consumer brands and startups, currently serving as Vice President Finance at Serenity Kids and CFO Advisor at Confido. He combines hands-on FP&A, corporate audit, and capital planning experience from roles at RXBAR and Nielsen with a pragmatic, curiosity-driven leadership style grounded in empathy and authenticity. Kirk has repeatedly led finance teams through growth and transformation, translating complex data into actionable strategy for product and go-to-market decisions. His background in biology plus finance and accounting from Washington University in St. Louis gives him a cross-disciplinary perspective that surfaces non-obvious risks and opportunities. A graduate of Seth Godin’s altMBA, he emphasizes learning fast and doing less but better—guided by the credo “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Based in Austin, Kirk blends startup agility with institutional rigor to build auditable, scalable finance operations.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Make Change Happen., Make Change Happen. at Seth Godin's altMBA
BA, Biology, Finance, Accounting, BA, Biology, Finance, Accounting at Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
Bachelors of Arts, Biology, Finance, Accounting, Bachelors of Arts, Biology, Finance, Accounting at Washington University in St. Louis
Contributions:4 releases, 38 commits, 4 PRs in 7 months
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Kirk Lin - Vice President Finance at Serenity Kids