Cara Kessler

Cara Kessler is the Chief Technology Officer and Founder at Trayd since January 2023 and serves as a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, which focuses on investing in Y Combinator companies. Kessler has extensive experience at LinkedIn, progressing through roles from Software Engineer to Senior Staff Engineer from August 2015 to July 2022. Prior to LinkedIn, Kessler worked as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Rochester and completed internships at LinkedIn and McKinsey & Company. Kessler holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Rochester, earned from 2011 to 2015, and completed high school at Golda Och Academy.