2026–present
CTO, PhotoOp
Built a camera-first AI product and its supporting systems from infrastructure through user interface, using agentic AI throughout the development process.
Technology Management
Technology leadership grounded in decades of building, scaling, and transforming organizations.
Kevin Fink works with founders, executives, and boards as a CTO, fractional executive, advisor, and hands-on technology leader—connecting product and engineering decisions to the needs of the business.
Leadership Practice
Effective technology management is not just architecture or process. It is setting a direction people can act on, building the organization that can deliver it, and making explicit choices about where technology creates business advantage.
Kevin has led organizations from small startup teams through distributed groups of several hundred people, across venture-backed companies, public companies, acquisitions, IPOs, and spin-offs. Engagements can range from a focused organizational or platform assessment to ongoing fractional CTO leadership.
30+ yearstechnology and engineering leadership
6 → 56engineering organization built at WhitePages.com
Startup → publicoperating experience across the company lifecycle
Selected Roles
Leadership positions from Kevin’s professional history.
2020–present
Chief Technology Officer, Lighter Capital
Leads engineering for a fintech platform, including a new marketplace delivered from concept to beta in under six months, strategic cloud partnerships, data-platform improvements, workflow automation, and practical generative AI adoption.
2016–2020
CTO / VP Engineering, Shiftboard
Led the re-architecture of a complex workforce scheduling platform, migration from colocation to AWS, launch of European infrastructure, modernization of the user experience, and expansion into enterprise markets.
2014–2016
SVP Engineering, Rightside
Led the distributed team behind the world’s second-largest domain registrar platform and a registry platform hosting more than 200 top-level domains, while helping the business operate successfully after its public-company spin-off.
2007–2014
SVP Engineering, Demand Media
Led distributed teams building content, merchandising, SEO, data, and revenue platforms supporting hundreds of millions of daily visits; contributed through a successful IPO and the formation of Rightside.
2002–2006
SVP Engineering / CTO, WhitePages.com
Grew engineering from six to 56 people, established disciplined development and release practices, and operated highly available directory services used by WhitePages.com, MSN, SuperPages, YellowPages, and other partners.
2001–2002
Director of Engineering, DataChannel / Netegrity
Led the redesign of enterprise portal software, shaped the next-generation architecture, and integrated the engineering team and product portfolio following acquisition.
1995–2001
Co-founder & CTO, N2H2
Invented the first server-based internet filtering system, built a global network of thousands of servers, helped grow the company beyond 400 employees, and supported its $65 million IPO.
Where I Help
Strategy & Prioritization
Translate business goals into a technology strategy, investment thesis, and sequence of decisions.
Organization & Talent
Design teams, leadership structures, hiring plans, career frameworks, and operating rhythms that fit the company’s stage.
Platforms & Operations
Evaluate architecture, scalability, reliability, cloud posture, data systems, and accumulated technical debt.
Change & Transactions
Navigate growth, executive transitions, acquisitions, integrations, spin-offs, and the demands of becoming a public company.
Need an experienced technology executive to assess the situation, establish direction, or help lead through change?
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