Kam Lasater
Software Entrepreneur
About Me
I build and grow things.
In professional life that means software and software companies. In personal life that means I am a husband, father of four boys and gardener outside of Philadelphia PA. Mornings you can find me running, lifting or rolling bjj.
Experience
Manufactured (manufactured.com/)
Head of Platform
Aug 2024 - present
- Responsible for internal and external software
Cyclic (www.cyclic.sh)
CEO / Cofounder
January 2021 - May 2024
- Full stack javascript/python apps
- From idea to 150k+ developers
- Hosted PaaS built by team of 2
Black Knight Financial Services (bkfs.com)
Senior Development Manager
June 2018 - April 2020
- Serverless AI product launched with 3 of top 10 US banks
- Migrated to serverless build system
- 9 AWS Certifications in 14 months
- Completed PCI SAQ-d process with assessor
- Grew Engineering team from 6 to 19 engineers
- Managed transition of Product POC to remote team of 8+ engineers
HeavyWater (heavywater.com)
Chief Technology Officer
January 2018 - June 2018 (acquired)
- Grew dev team from 3 to 6
- Managed development of core AI technology
LegalScience (legalscience.com)
Chief Executive Officer
April 2017 - December 2017
- Closed first commercial data deal
- Awarded 2+ million dollar SBIR grant
- Implemented sales and marketing tracking tools
- Implemented modern CICD practices
New Haven Bank (newhavenbank.com)
Board Member
October 2012 - April 2015
- Board member of FDIC insured community bank
- Member of Audit commitee
- Member of Compensation commitee
SeeClickFix (seeclickfix.com)
Cofounder
January 2008 - October 2019 (acquired)
- From idea to successful cash exit
- Raised seed and two institutional rounds
- Developed SaaS business model
HigherOne (higherone.com)
Software Engineer and Software Architect
June 2003 - April 2010 (IPO)
- Early engineer to IPO
- Helped grow company from 20 to 400 employees
- Helped grow fintech product from $1M ARR to $100M ARR
- Technical lead on two acquisitions
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
BS Electrical and Computer Engineering
1999 - 2003
- I focused on the interface between hardware and software.
- Course work: Operating Systems, Embedded Systems, Advanced Digital Design and Advanced Prototyping Lab
- Teaching Assistant: Embedded Systems and Advanced Digital Design
- Languages: C, Verilog, Java
- Tools: XEmacs, Make, CVS
Talks
- Serverless Days NYC June 2022 (youtube.com/watch?v=MFDy6AkMHEo)
- Devops Days Boston September 2022 (youtube.com/watch?v=253eJpL4cpw)