CP

Cathy Polinsky

CTO @ DataGrail

San Mateo, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

2022

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2022

    At DataGrail, we are developing a privacy platform that modern brands rely on to build customer trust and transparency. We untangle the complexity of data privacy and help brands build privacy programs that work, giving them an easy-to-use platform to scale privacy and stay compliant with regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and CPRA.

2020

  • Board Director

    2020

  • LP

    2019

    Operator Collective brings together as limited partners 100+ ultra-talented operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of b2b tech.

2021 - 2022

  • VP of Engineering

    2021 - 2022

    Led the Merchant Services engineering division which spanned key products that merchants use to run and grow their business like Money (Payments, Capital, Balance and Blockchain), Marketplaces, Shipping, Retail POS, Transactions (Taxes, Shopify Markets), Inbox and more. My talented org of engineers and interns grew to over 900 while launching an incredible number of new products and services that made it easier for entrepreneurs to focus on their business.

2016 - 2020

  • CTO

    2016 - 2020

    Led Engineering, Product & UX, Security and IT organizations at Stitch Fix to transform how people find things that they love through an innovative blend of data science and personal stylists.

2009 - 2016

  • SVP/VP of Engineering, Enterprise Search

    2014 - 2016

  • VP of Engineering, work.com

    2013 - 2014

    Work Better Together

  • Sr. Director of Software Development, Platform Engineering

    2009 - 2013

2005 - 2009

  • Sr. Engineering Manager

    2005 - 2009

2004 - 2005

  • Senior Software Engineer

    2004 - 2005

2001 - 2003

  • Software Engineer

    2001 - 2003

1999 - 2001

  • Software Development Engineer

    1999 - 2001