Kathy Zhou-Patel
FounderFounder at Queenly
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedQueenly · YC
About
Kathy Zhou-Patel is CTO and cofounder of Queenly. She previously worked as a full-stack engineer at Pinterest and Venmo, and holds a BA in Computer Science and Environmental Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Founder at QueenlyYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Kathy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Kathy can intro founders to Queenly's investors below.
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Co-founders at Queenly
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Trisha BantigueFounder
Experience
- FigmaSoftware Engineercurrent2025 — present
- QueenlyCTO and Co-Founder2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- PinterestSoftware Engineer2015 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- InfoScoutSoftware Development Intern2014San Francisco Bay Area
- SnipSnapSoftware Development Intern (part-time)2014Greater Philadelphia Area
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of PennsylvaniaPython Programmer/Data Analyst Work Study2013 — 2014Greater Philadelphia Area
- VenmoSoftware Development Intern2013New York, NY
- Department of Earth and Environmental ScienceSummer Research Fellow2012 — 2013University of Pennsylvania
Skills & more
SinatraReact.jsSwift (Programming Language)Objective-CGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)iOSCSS8JavaScript9Java7Python7Photoshop4PowerPoint3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kathy Zhou-Patel?
- Kathy Zhou-Patel is CTO and cofounder of Queenly. She previously worked as a full-stack engineer at Pinterest and Venmo, and holds a BA in Computer Science and Environmental Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
- Where does Kathy Zhou-Patel work?
- Kathy Zhou-Patel is Founder of Queenly.
- What companies did Kathy Zhou-Patel found?
- Kathy Zhou-Patel founded Queenly.
- Where did Kathy Zhou-Patel go to school?
- Kathy Zhou-Patel studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Environmental Science).
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