- Joined Cognition
- Jul 2025
- How they joined
- With Windsurf
- Before Windsurf
- SprykerSenior Business Development Executive
- Status
- Current
- Worked directly with RV Tech (Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies joint venture) on its Devin rollout; she wrote: "I became an engineer to design cars. Working directly with the team at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies to help them deliver high quality software features with Cognition's platform is one of the most tangible highlights in my career." She thanked Arjuna Siva and Wassym Bensaid.Apr 22, 2026
- Joined Windsurf (Codeium) as 'GTM - Majors' in May 2025, about two months before Cognition signed its definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf on 2025-07-14; her LinkedIn marks the Windsurf role '(acquired by Cognition)' and her Cognition tenure starts Jul 2025.May 2025
- On enterprise work at Cognition she wrote: "Grateful for the opportunity to sit with some of the largest enterprises and explore creative, tactical integrations of autonomous software development into their workflows." (sharing Alexandra Mysak's 'Engineers to Orchestrators' post).Apr 8, 2026
- Staffed Cognition's AWS re:Invent 2025 booth (Booth 779) with the Devin and Windsurf team; she wrote: "Cognition is the true SDLC catalyst, pairing engineers with AI agents that can plan, code, and ship with real speed and clarity. Watching enterprise teams put Devin and Windsurf to work and hit serious engineering outcomes has been a highlight of my year."Nov 29, 2025Heading to AWS re:Invent? I’ll be at Booth 779 with the team behind Devin and Windsurf, talking with folks who want to see where software engineering is headed next. Cognition is the true SDLC catalyst, pairing engineers with AI agents that can plan, code, and ship with real speed and clarity. Watching enterprise teams put Devin and Windsurf to work and hit serious engineering outcomes has been a highlight of my year. If you’re at the conference, come say hi and I’ll be glad to show you how teams are successfully putting Devin to work in production today.
- Cognition's RV Tech case study reports a 10-15x increase in test generation velocity and 3-4 engineers redirected from customer support back to product after deploying Devin; this is the account she publicly credits as a career highlight.Apr 2026
- Cognition's 2025-07-14 announcement: the Windsurf acquisition 'includes Windsurf's IP, product, trademark and brand, and strong business' and 'Windsurf's world-class people'.Jul 14, 2025
- Promoted The Citation Group Devin customer story: "Devin does it again. Incredible outcomes realized by The Citation Group with an elegantly scoped interview of Devin." - a modernization-at-scale deal pattern.Sep 25, 2025Devin does it again. Incredible outcomes realized by The Citation Group with an elegantly scoped interview of Devin. What does Modernization at scale look like for you?
- Post-acquisition, she framed the merger publicly as "Windsurf, with a dash of Devin!" around Windsurf Wave 12, the first update combining the two products.Aug 15, 2025Windsurf, with a dash of Devin! While competition fuels velocity behind ideas, greater technological momentum happens through collaboration, one idea building from another.
- At SXSW 2025 (pre-Windsurf, while at Spryker) she gave a 'Shoutout to Codeium and Glean who know how to throw an AI House Party' two months before joining Codeium/Windsurf.Mar 14, 2025What an incredible #SXSW! ... Shoutout to Codeium and Glean who know how to throw an AI House Party. Way to bring people together and spark conversations about true enterprise-level AI solutions.
- Sonar (SonarQube/SonarCloud code quality vendor): Global Account Manager in Austin (Jan 2021-Mar 2023), then Global Account Executive - EMEA & US based in Geneva, Switzerland (Feb 2023-Aug 2024); prior developer-tools selling into engineering orgs that fed directly into her Windsurf/Devin role.Jan 2021
- National Instruments (Austin): Applications Engineer (Jul 2015-May 2017), then Strategic Account Manager - Automotive and Semiconductor (May 2017-Jan 2021); her automotive desk explains why the RV Tech (Rivian/VW) Devin deployment resonated personally.Jul 2015
- Public headline says "Applied AI @ Cognition, the makers of Devin".
Changing the way developers ship code.
(acquired by Cognition)
Fall Semester, Study Abroad
Heading to AWS re:Invent? I’ll be at Booth 779 with the team behind Devin and Windsurf, talking with folks who want to see where software engineering is headed next. Cognition is the true SDLC catalyst, pairing engineers with AI agents that can plan, code, and ship with real speed and clarity. Watching enterprise teams put Devin and Windsurf to work and hit serious engineering outcomes has been a highlight of my year. If you’re at the conference, come say hi and I’ll be glad to show you how teams are successfully putting Devin to work in production today.
Devin does it again. Incredible outcomes realized by The Citation Group with an elegantly scoped interview of Devin. What does Modernization at scale look like for you?
Windsurf, with a dash of Devin! While competition fuels velocity behind ideas, greater technological momentum happens through collaboration, one idea building from another.
F1 weekend in Austin, and Cognition just released the ultimate dogfight. Cognition vs. Claude Code vs. Cursor, who wins?
What an incredible #SXSW! ... Shoutout to Codeium and Glean who know how to throw an AI House Party. Way to bring people together and spark conversations about true enterprise-level AI solutions.
linkedin.com/posts/hannah-zimmerman-social-engineer_sxsw-sxsw-tech-activity-7306335600691826690-SApqnotedAn Engineer's Philosophy on AI. One of my first managers referred to our group of freshly minted Sales Development Engineers as iPhone 7's. The group before us, iPhone 6s, and the group after us - you guessed it - iPhone 8's.
