Kevin Howren

I'm a Chief Technology & Product Officer with 10+ years scaling engineering, product, and AI teams; from early-stage startups to organizations managing $100B+ in assets. I specialize in scaling teams and products, or getting them back on track when they've stalled.

Results I've delivered:
- Led globally distributed teams of 70+ across the Americas, Europe, and Asia while maintaining a 97% retention rate
- Doubled customer base and SaaS AUM to $100B in a post-acquisition transformation
- Cut infrastructure costs 75% by migrating to cloud architecture
- Reduced support resolution time from 2+ weeks to 48 hours, saving $200K in year one
- Cut production rollbacks 78% and deployment times 90%+ through CI/CD transformation, saving 1,000+ engineering-years
- Scaled a startup to serve 170+ countries while being recognized with a feature on NBC's Today Show and coverage in national publications
- Contributed to 3 U.S. patents in software and content encoding

How I lead:
I believe in servant leadership: clarity, accountability, and collaboration over hierarchy. I use technology to serve business outcomes, not for its own sake, and I mentor while leading by example (10+ direct reports promoted on my watch). Colleagues describe me as someone who builds trust through genuine care, stays composed in a crisis, and breaks down silos through cross-organizational collaboration.