Kimber Lockhart

Kimber Lockhart
Residence United States
Nationality American
Institutions Box
Alma mater Stanford University

Kimber Lockhart is the Senior Director of Web Application Engineering at Box. Previously, she co-founded Increo, a secure web-based document sharing and review service. Increo was acquired by Box in 2009. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.[1]

Education and development of Increo

Lockhart holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. During her junior year there, she started the software project Increo with a few classmates. The initial prototype was an "idea feedback engine" which was created for a class assignment. The group continued to build and test it throughout the year while getting feedback from users. In May of her senior year, the idea had developed into a more general "document feedback" concept. The team had acquired enough adoption to plan ahead for graduation and raise seed funding. In June, they moved into an office and Lockhart took on a business development role that grew to the position of CEO after graduation.[2] The company launched in 2008, and was purchased by Box for an undisclosed sum in October 2009.[3]

Public speaking

She has spoken on the issues of women in technology. She is featured in the documentary She++ by the Stanford women in computer science group. She has also been the keynote speaker at the Women Engineers Code Conference hosted by Harvard Undergraduate Women in Computer Science.[4][5][6]

Awards

Lockhart was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women Engineers in Technology by Business Insider[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Kimber Lockhart". Box. Retrieved 5 March 2014. At Box, Kimber Lockhart leads the web application engineering team that builds most new features on Box. For instance, Lockhart was responsible for a major redesign and rebuild of the Box user interface.
  2. ↑ Lockhart, Kimber (2013). "Hackbright Academy Blog by Kimber Lockhart". Hackbright Academy. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Cassidy, Mike (25 February 2014). "Box's Kimber Lockhart says women who start late in computer science catch up quickly". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Kimber Lockhart at WECode". Harvard University. 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Gallagher, Billy (22 July 2013). "She++ Documentary Features Industry Leaders, Stanford Professors and Students Talking Women In Tech [Video]". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Farr, Christina (2013). "Roundtable: The first ladies of Box bring style and smarts to the enterprise". Venture Beat. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Bort, Julie (2013). "25 Most Powerful Women Engineers in Technology". Business Insider. Retrieved 15 August 2013.