Reza Shafii

SVP, Product at Kong

Reza Shafii is the current Vice President of Product at Kong. Reza has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, with a focus on product management, strategy, and execution.

Reza started their career at startups in the early days of the web. Reza then spent several years at Red Hat, where they led the Platform Services product organisation responsible for the OpenShift next-generation initiatives. Reza also led the overall OpenShift partner ecosystem and business development as well as OpenShift community engagement. During their time at Red Hat, Reza grew the team across these areas by more than 100%.

Prior to Red Hat, Reza was the Vice President of Products at CoreOS. As a member of the CoreOS executive team, they led the CoreOS product strategy and execution across engineering (inbound) and go-to-market (outbound). Reza also focused on product management, UI/UX, and documentation functions. Reza's efforts enabled triple digit revenue growth and led to the successful acquisition of CoreOS by Red Hat.

After the acquisition, Reza worked with engineering, product, and marketing teams across the two companies to define and implement a successful integration strategy.

Reza Shafii has a Product Management Certificate from the Center for Executive Development at Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. Reza also has an MBA from University of Ottawa. Finally, they have a B.Sc. in Computer Science (Honors) from The University of British Columbia.

Reza Shafii reports to Augusto Aghi Marietti, CEO & Co-founder. Reza Shafii works with Juliette Rizkallah - Chief Marketing Officer, Saju Pillai - SVP, Engineering, and Marco Palladino - CTO & Co-founder.

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