# Welcoming Kathy Korevec to Vercel, our new Head of Product

**Published:** July 7, 2021 | **Authors:** Guillermo Rauch | **Category:** Company News

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Today, we’re excited to announce [Kathy Korevec](https://twitter.com/simpsoka) will be joining our leadership team at Vercel as Head of Product!

Kathy has specialized in developer experience for over a decade at companies like Google, Heroku, and most recently GitHub, where she's been part of the product leadership team for four years. She has a passion for the power of open source, perfecting usability of developer tools, and making it possible for anyone, anywhere on the planet, to build and ship world-class software.

![Kathy Korevec, hosting GitHub Universe 2020](//images.ctfassets.net/e5382hct74si/4CZCr3ZHqGgwFjBsGEABBx/16024f9865ba53fee4edead029a06917/Kathy_Korevec_-_Image.png)

Kathy has taken the grit she grew up with in Alaska and turned it into a resilience that allows her to ship some of the most impactful experiences for developers today. In her own words, “it’s my job to clear a path for the solution: to keep holding developers front and center as we move forward and build a better web.”

With Kathy at the helm of our product teams, we’re looking forward to [accelerating our mission](https://rauchg.com/2021/making-the-web-faster) to bring the best Developer Experience to our customers and community as we build a faster, more performant web.

Kathy is one of the many new faces we’re excited about! Vercel is growing rapidly, and carefully. Come build your career with us and [apply to one of our current openings](https://vercel.com/careers). Help us make the web. Faster.

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