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Abby Kearns

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EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures

San Francisco, California

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

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About

Abby Kearns is Chief Executive Officer at ActiveState and a board director with over 25 years of experience in technology leadership. Her background includes roles at enterprise organizations including Verizon and high-growth companies such as Puppet, Cloud Foundry, and Alembic, where she has led platform development, global scaling, and strategic transactions. She currently serves on the board of Akka and advises private equity and venture capital firms on portfolio company strategy, while maintaining an active angel investment practice.

Experience

  1. ActiveStateChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AkkaBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  3. Alembic Technologies, Inc.Chief Technology Officer2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Invoke AIBoard Member2023 — 2025
  5. StackPathBoard Member2023 — 2024
  6. Kearns AdvisoryAngel Investor & Advisor2020 — 2024
  7. Storm VenturesEIR2022 — 2023
  8. Perforce PuppetChief Technology Officer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Cloud Foundry FoundationChief Executive Officer2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Cloud Foundry FoundationVP Strategy2016San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Pivotal Software, Inc.Product Manager - Pivotal Cloud Foundry2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  12. OPSWATSr. Dir Business Development & Product Marketing2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  13. VerizonHead of Product Management, Integration Services2007 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  14. VerizonDirector, IT Services2005 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
  15. TotalityDirector, Project/Program Management2003 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Board GovernanceOpen-Source SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Go-to-Market StrategyStrategic Partnerships35Strategy2Cloud Computing99Product Management94Security39Start-ups21

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Ahmed Al-Bahar
Entrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures
Ajay Awatramani
EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures
Akhila Satish
EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures
Alex Ethier
EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures
Alex Mendez
Managing Director Emeritus at Storm Ventures
Anshu Sharma
EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures
Arun Penmetsa
Partner at Storm Ventures
Caleb Sima
EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures

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Alex MendezScout
Managing Director Emeritus at Storm Ventures
Arun PenmetsaScout
Partner at Storm Ventures
Frederik Groce
Partner at Storm Ventures
Kevin Melia
CFO at Storm Ventures

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Who is Abby Kearns?
Abby Kearns is Chief Executive Officer at ActiveState and a board director with over 25 years of experience in technology leadership. Her background includes roles at enterprise organizations including Verizon and high-growth companies such as Puppet, Cloud Foundry, and Alembic, where she has led platform development, global scaling, and strategic transactions. She currently serves on the board of Akka and advises private equity and venture capital firms on portfolio company strategy, while maintaining an active angel investment practice.
Where does Abby Kearns work?
Abby Kearns is EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures.
What check size does Abby Kearns write?
Abby Kearns typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
Where did Abby Kearns go to school?
Abby Kearns studied at Chapman University (BS, Computer Information Systems).

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