Vanessa Kirchenberger
Product Manager - Upstream Supply Chain & Technology at lululemon
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolVanessa Kirchenberger is a product manager and former software engineer with eight years of experience building backend systems and enterprise product features for Shopify, IBM, and now lululemon. She blends a computer science and finance education with consulting-grade client delivery, having led backend API modernization, automation programs, and high-impact product launches that unlocked over $825M in GMV. At Shopify she transitioned from engineering to product to ship Saved Payment Methods and Subscription Portability, driving measurable checkout and merchant adoption wins while navigating legal and privacy constraints. Vanessa combines technical fluency—authoring design docs and leading VP-level alignment—with hands-on customer research and GTM craft from early-stage startups to large enterprise engagements. Based in Calgary, she brings a pragmatic builder’s mindset and a track record of turning complex payments and supply-chain problems into scalable, revenue-driving solutions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Finance, Bachelor’s Degree Finance at Haskayne School of BusinessBachelor’s Degree Computer Science Faculty of Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science Faculty of Science at University of CalgaryThe University of Hong Kong (HKU)
English, Spanish, French
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Github contributions (5)
vkirch/vkirch.github.io
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:45 pushes in 2 months
vkirch/100-days-of-code
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
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