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


Cyclic (www.cyclic.sh)

CEO / Cofounder

January 2021 - present

  • 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)


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



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