Cathy Polinsky - Co-CTO and VP of Engineering @ Semgrep

Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Person)

Primary Job Title Co-CTO and VP of Engineering
Primary Organization
Semgrep

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Female

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Cathy Polinsky is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Co-CTO and VP of Engineering at Semgrep. Cathy previously worked at Aetion as a Board Member. Cathy Polinsky attended Swarthmore College.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Cathy Polinsky

has

current jobs as

Co-CTO and VP of Engineering

Semgrep

and

CTO

DataGrail

. Additionally,

Cathy Polinsky

has had

past jobs including

VP of Engineering

Shopify

Semgrep Co-CTO and VP of EngineeringMay 6, 2026
DataGrail CTOJul 2022

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Shopify	VP of Engineering	Jan 2021	May 2022
Stitch Fix	CTO	Oct 2016	Sep 2020

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Cathy Polinsky

is the

Advisor

Operator Collective

Operator Collective AdvisorSep 2019

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Aetion	Board Member	—	—

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