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Stephanie Sun Kinney

Falls Church,USA

Summary

Dynamic leader, innovative tech professional, former lawyer, and creative communicator of the highest caliber. Accomplished marketer, problem solver, and manager who leads by example and with grit, heart and humility. AI novice and enthusiast on the way to becoming a full-fledged SME. Seeking a way to contribute to the greater good by teaming up with an AI company that's in a race to the top.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President of Marketing Innovation

Alarm.com
04.2025 - Current
  • Created brand new role to accelerate the company's adoption of AI applications in marketing and other corporate initiatives, and to investigate new business models and marketing methods.
  • Increased efficiency of a critical corporate governance process by 3x through the use of AI applications, saving 800 hours per year.
  • Currently working with legal, compliance, and engineering teams to formulate company best practices and guidance for experimentation with and use of approved AI programs, including Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

Vice President of Marketing

Alarm.com
03.2023 - 04.2025
  • Oversaw 45-person marketing team, building out critical functions, including growth marketing, project management and content, to reorient the department to meet new strategic direction.
  • Implemented data-driven reporting, centralized documentation management, and project planning to align with company goals, while optimizing efficiency and efficacy.
  • Elevated company's thought leadership position by presenting on best practices and the state of the art for AI marketing tools at key customer events and trainings.

Director of Product Management

Alarm.com
01.2017 - 03.2023
  • Hired, managed, and trained team of a dozen high-performing product marketers and product operations managers to translate and distill highly technical details into compelling messages for a variety of audiences.
  • Quarterbacked all initiatives requiring coordination across the tech team (all product lines and all engineering teams), including product team contributions to strategic marketing and sales events, as well as internal deliverables such as presentations for the Board of Directors and investors.
  • Created competitive research framework, and served as Product Management liaison to C-Suite and internal teams for all critical communications relating to product and roadmap.

Senior Product Manager

Alarm.com
12.2014 - 01.2017
  • Established company's product marketing function from scratch, authoring the go-to-market playbook and processes needed to jumpstart product adoption success during different phases of the company's lifecycle, from mid-stage startup to public company.
  • Led the creation and management of a library of product pitch decks and innovation roadmaps for use by the C-Suite in strategic meetings and events.


Counsel (promoted to Senior Counsel effective Nov. 1, 2014)

The World Bank
10.2010 - 12.2014
  • Defended lawsuits before the World Bank’s Administrative Tribunal.
  • Conducted legal research, drafted briefs, interviewed management and drafted witness declarations.
  • Drafted corporate contracts, licenses and terms and conditions for websites and contests.
  • Advised ethics office on the development of ethics, misconduct and whistleblower policies, training, investigations and internal communications.
  • Advised management on employment, benefits and compensation matters, resolution of employment disputes and internal communications.

Employment Counsel Consultant

Workforce Logic for Google, Inc.
06.2010 - 10.2010
  • Advised Google’s legal team on executive compensation and employment issues.

Associate

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
01.2005 - 04.2010
  • Wrote and edited firm's press releases.
  • Negotiated agreements for complex cross-border and domestic corporate transactions.
  • Prepared securities and corporate governance filings for public company clients.
  • Designed and led training program for junior associates.

Legal Intern

United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
09.2004 - 12.2004
  • Created resource on key cases in international criminal procedure and human rights law.

Policy Manager Intern to the Business and Industry Advisory Committee

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
06.2002 - 09.2002
  • Drafted position papers on international competition, investment, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.

Corporate Paralegal

Tomlinson Zisko LLP (acquired by Greenberg Traurig, LLP)
07.1999 - 06.2001
  • Assisted attorneys in venture capital financing transactions for start-up technology companies.

Education

J.D. - With Distinction (Top Third)

Stanford Law School

Bachelor of Arts - English, Magna Cum Laude (Top 10%)

Yale University

Skills

  • Stellar communication
  • Content strategy and creation
  • Corporate communications
  • Highest attention to detail
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Program and process innovator

Timeline

Vice President of Marketing Innovation

Alarm.com
04.2025 - Current

Vice President of Marketing

Alarm.com
03.2023 - 04.2025

Director of Product Management

Alarm.com
01.2017 - 03.2023

Senior Product Manager

Alarm.com
12.2014 - 01.2017

Counsel (promoted to Senior Counsel effective Nov. 1, 2014)

The World Bank
10.2010 - 12.2014

Employment Counsel Consultant

Workforce Logic for Google, Inc.
06.2010 - 10.2010

Associate

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
01.2005 - 04.2010

Legal Intern

United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
09.2004 - 12.2004

Policy Manager Intern to the Business and Industry Advisory Committee

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
06.2002 - 09.2002

Corporate Paralegal

Tomlinson Zisko LLP (acquired by Greenberg Traurig, LLP)
07.1999 - 06.2001

J.D. - With Distinction (Top Third)

Stanford Law School

Bachelor of Arts - English, Magna Cum Laude (Top 10%)

Yale University

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