Abby Kearns
Board Director & Executive Leader | Scaling Open Source & AI Platforms | Strategy & Growth | Ex-Cloud Foundry, Puppet
- Role
- Board Member at Akka
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Abby Kearns
Executive Leader & Board Director with 25+ years of experience building and growing technology businesses. I specialize in leading companies through critical moments of inflection—where technology shifts, product strategy, and business models must intersect to create new growth vectors.My career spans Fortune 500 enterprises (Verizon, Totality) and high-growth technology organizations (Puppet, Cloud Foundry, Alembic), where I have led platform creation, global expansion, and strategic exits.Core Leadership Focus:* Enterprise Scale & Transformation: Guiding organizations from on-premise to SaaS, managing P & Ls to $100M+, and scaling global teams while maintaining enterprise trust.* Commercializing Innovation: Bridging the gap between technical adoption (Open Source, Developer Tools) and sustainable business revenue.* AI & Product Strategy: Leading roadmap execution for AI and cloud-native platforms that connect technology investment directly to business outcomes.Governance & Advisory: Currently serving on the board of Akka (formerly Lightbend) and formerly StackPath and Invoke AI. I partner with Private Equity and Venture Capital firms to drive governance, operational efficiency, and GTM strategy for portfolio companies.Advisor & Investor: Active angel investor in startups, helping founders navigate the journey from product to platform.
Experience
Board Member
Dec 2020 — Present
Education
Chapman University
BS, Computer Information Systems
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