Kevin Stephens

Kevin Stephens is an experienced executive and entrepreneur with a background in product management, business development, and operations. Kevin began their career in 2002 as a Software Engineer at Apple before joining Google in 2004 as a Lead Partner Product Manager and Lead Sales Engineer. In 2007, they moved to YouTube as a Lead Sales Engineer/Partner Product Manager. In 2009, they joined boxee as Senior Director of Device Products, and in 2011 they co-founded and led Blink, the first mobile ephemeral text messaging app, until its acquisition by Yahoo in 2014. At Yahoo, they were the Director of Product Management for the Smart Communications Suite of products. In 2016, they joined LogMeIn (GoToMeeting) as VP of Product, where they had P&L responsibility for a $250mm portfolio of multiple product lines and managed an org of 30 product managers, designers, and UX researchers. Kevin then became an Angel Investor in 2008, and in 2018 they joined Thumbtack as GM and Head of Product, Partner Products. In this role, they established the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Thumbtack Partner Network, negotiated and signed strategic partnerships with Google and Nextdoor, and led the conception, design, and launch of Thumbtack's first partner product integrations. In 2021, they became the CEO of Occipital.

Kevin Stephens obtained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UC San Diego.