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Kathryn Evans

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Director Of Engineering, AI at Strava
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Kathryn Evans is an experienced Engineering Director at Strava, leading the AI and ML teams. With a background from MIT, she specializes in building data products in areas like language models, recommendation systems, and knowledge graphs. Her career includes leadership roles at Pachama, LinkedIn, and Primer AI, demonstrating a passion for growing strong engineering teams.

Her work has spanned applying AI to diverse fields, from establishing carbon crediting protocols at Pachama to improving personalization through social graph analysis at LinkedIn and now enhancing athletic performance at Strava.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director Of Engineering, AI
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in Fitness
Currently leads the AI and ML teams at Strava, building models and insights to help millions of athletes achieve their fitness goals.
Climate Tech
Previously led AI and Data teams at Pachama, using machine learning to ensure high-quality carbon crediting and address climate change by restoring nature.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Director Of Engineering, AI
Strava
10-2022 - 3-2025
Director of Engineering
Pachama
6-2021 - 10-2022
Engineering Manager - AI
LinkedIn
1-2021 - 5-2021
Director of Engineering
Primer.ai
10-2019 - 1-2021
Software Engineering Manager - Machine Learning
Primer.ai
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Education
2014 - 2015
Master of Science (M.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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