About
Heather Kirkby joined Presidio Investors as an Operating Partner in November 2025, bringing over 25 years of leadership experience across technology and life science companies. She previously served as Chief People Officer at Recursion Pharmaceuticals, an AI-enabled drug discovery company, and held senior product and talent development roles at Intuit, and began her career as a Field Engineer at Schlumberger. She holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Queen's University and an MBA from Harvard University.
Experience
- Presidio InvestorsOperating Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Elevate SemiconductorChairwoman of the Boardcurrent2024 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
- FamilyAround the World2024 — 2025
- Altitude LabBoard Member2020 — 2023Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Recursion PharmaceuticalsChief People Officer2019 — 2023Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
- IntuitVice President Talent Development2016 — 2019
- IntuitDirector Product Management2014 — 2016
- IntuitDirector Channel Marketing2013 — 2014
- IntuitDirector Product Management2009 — 2013
- IntuitGroup Product Manager2008 — 2009
- IntuitSenior Product Manager (Payments)2004 — 2008
- SiebelProduct Line Manager - Field Services2000 — 2004
- SchlumbergerGeneral Field Engineer1995 — 1998
Skills & more
Product Strategy5Building high performing teams1Leading high-growth businesses2Product Management41Product Marketing22High-growth3Program Management3High Performance Teams12SaaS35Cross-functional Team Leadership12Cloud Computing4Start-ups6
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StrategyCRMLeadershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)ManagementGo-to-market StrategyMobile DevicesLanguages French · Spanish
- Equality Utah: Diversity in the Workplace — Equality Utah
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Colleagues at Presidio
Amy Zhang
Chief Financial Officer at Presidio
Christian Puscasiu
Managing Partner at Presidio
Christian Schütte
European Partner at Presidio
Dirk Swaneveld
Managing Director at Presidio
Emma Browning
Analyst at Presidio
Javier Saade
Operating Partner at Presidio
Josef Auboeck
Partner at Presidio
Karl Schade
Managing Partner at Presidio
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Heather Kirkby?
- Heather Kirkby joined Presidio Investors as an Operating Partner in November 2025, bringing over 25 years of leadership experience across technology and life science companies. She previously served as Chief People Officer at Recursion Pharmaceuticals, an AI-enabled drug discovery company, and held senior product and talent development roles at Intuit, and began her career as a Field Engineer at Schlumberger. She holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Queen's University and an MBA from Harvard University.
- Where does Heather Kirkby work?
- Heather Kirkby is Operating Partner at Presidio.
- Where did Heather Kirkby go to school?
- Heather Kirkby studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, Business); Queen's University (B.Sc.Eng, Mechanical Engineering).
Same school
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Also attended Queen's University377
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Shared employers
Also worked at Elevate Semiconductor2
Also worked at Recursion Pharmaceuticals16
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