# Jessica Kwok

Director of Strategic Partnerships at Cognition (Devin, Windsurf); ex-Windsurf founding partnerships team, Tencent, Oliver Wyman; HBS MBA  
Cognition  
San Francisco Bay Area

## At Cognition

- Role: Director of Strategic Partnerships (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Nov 2024
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Special Projects - Enterprise Sales, Perplexity
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf) (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Director of Strategic Partnerships at Cognition since Jul 2025; profile lists '#1 globally in partnership revenue - FY26 (460% plan), H1 FY27', 'Building Cognition's global channel and consulting partner ecosystem' and 'Leading Japan 0->1 channel and strategic alliance build'. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Announced Suntory Holdings adopting the Cognition Platform (Devin Cloud and Devin Desktop), deployed from June 2026 with UL Systems/ULS Consulting; post written in English and Japanese and tagged #CognitionAIJapan. With Mizuho. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7485775868364079104-3aI6)
- Announced the Mizuho Securities deployment of Devin with SI partner UL Systems, described as one of the first large-scale AI software engineering deployments at a major Japanese financial institution. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7420284155646844928-1Dtr)
- Joined Codeium/Windsurf in Nov 2024 as a founding member of its partnerships team: 'Led channel development, co-sell, and joint GTM across GSIs, VARs, hyperscalers, and OEM', ranked '#1 globally in partnership revenue - H1 FY26 (320% plan)'. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- A Nov 2026 public breakdown of Cognition's ~300-person sales org lists Partnerships (~20: clouds, consultancies and channel partners) and says 'Gardner Johnson, Marcel Schwager and Jessica Kwok all came over from Windsurf'. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/isabelle-i_this-is-the-sales-team-behind-cognitions-activity-7523093721865850880-mxWB)
- Closest Windsurf/Cognition partnerships collaborators visible in her posts: Gardner Johnson (Head of Partnerships), Jeff Wang, Brooke Arthur, Chan Kwon and Akshat Agrawal (tagged on the Mizuho announcement). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7420284155646844928-1Dtr)
- Before Windsurf: Special Projects - Enterprise Sales at Perplexity (Feb-May 2024) during her HBS MBA, and a Business Development summer role at Descript (Jun-Aug 2023), which traces a pivot from strategy into AI GTM. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Senior Manager, Strategy & BizOps at Tencent (Nov 2020-Jul 2022) in the Social Entertainment group covering Greater China and APAC. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Spent six years at Oliver Wyman in Hong Kong (Sep 2014-Oct 2020), rising to Engagement Manager in the Consumer & Retail and Financial Services practices for Greater China and APAC. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Public headline says "Strategic Partnerships @ Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Shared Cognition's AI Productivity Guarantee launch (Cognition funds usage up to $10M if Devin delivers less value than paid for), a commercial lever relevant to partner-led enterprise selling. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7468444828494680064-bjP9)
- Posted that Windsurf's Head of Partnerships Gardner Johnson 'vibe coded' a full-stack SaaS GTM tool in 6 hours that saved the team $150K, framing vibe coding as 'leverage for domain experts'. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_how-windsurf-saved-me-150k-in-6-hours-activity-7321418776212660224-vxlX)
- Staffed Codeium's booth (Booth 21, NVIDIA exhibition area) at HPE Tech Jam Vienna 2025 to meet EMEA partners. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_hpetechjam-hpetechjam-codeium-activity-7292147187952553984-VTTp)
- Codeium's Alliance team (Jessica Kwok, Jeff Wang, Gardner Johnson) got a public call-out after AWS re:Invent 2024. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/seandonahue1_awsreinvent-enterpriseai-activity-7270922457375485953-5BG9)
- Built a Space Invaders-style game with Windsurf on its launch day as a self-described 'non-developer', part of a company-wide build-a-game exercise at Codeium. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_windsurf-demo-space-invader-game-11-november-activity-7262525158777573376-2SXX)
- MBA, Harvard Business School (2022-2024); BBA in Global Business & Economics at HKUST; visiting student in Economics at Columbia; alumna of Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Her feed mostly reposts Cognition milestones (the $1B raise at $26B valuation in Jun 2026, the $2B+ raise at $48B in Sep 2026, $1B revenue run-rate, the Corridor acquisition in Oct 2026), and her own posts are reserved for partner and customer wins. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7465459182477971456-ABRA)
- Shared the Gartner news: 'Cognition (Windsurf) has been named a Leader for AI Code Assistants in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant'. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_cognition-windsurf-has-been-named-a-activity-7374146312809701376-smuf)
- Early finance stints in Hong Kong in 2013-2014: Portfolio Team at private-equity firm Cinven, Intern at McKinsey & Company and Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Previous roles include Strategic Partnerships at Windsurf; Special Projects - Enterprise Sales at Perplexity; Business Development at Descript; Senior Manager, Strategy & BizOps at Tencent; Engagement Manager at Oliver Wyman; Portfolio Team at Cinven; Intern at McKinsey & Company; Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Education history includes Master of Business Administration - MBA, Harvard Business School; BBA major in Global Business & Economics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Visiting Student, Economics, Columbia University in the City of New York; Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)
- Location is San Francisco Bay Area. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8)

## Experience
- Director of Strategic Partnerships at Cognition (Jul 2025 - Present): - #1 globally in partnership revenue — FY26 (460% plan), H1 FY27
- Building Cognition’s global channel and consulting partner ecosystem
- Leading Japan 0→1 channel and strategic alliance build
- Strategic Partnerships at Windsurf (Nov 2024 - Jul 2025): (Acquired by Cognition Jul 25)

- #1 globally in partnership revenue — H1 FY26 (320% plan)
- Founding partnerships team. Led channel development, co-sell, and joint GTM across GSIs, VARs, hyperscalers, and OEM
- Special Projects - Enterprise Sales at Perplexity (Feb 2024 - May 2024)
- Business Development at Descript (Jun 2023 - Aug 2023)
- Senior Manager, Strategy & BizOps at Tencent (Nov 2020 - Jul 2022): Social Entertainment - Greater China and APAC
- Engagement Manager at Oliver Wyman - Hong Kong (Sep 2014 - Oct 2020): Consumer and Retail, Financial Services - Greater China and APAC
- Portfolio Team at Cinven - Hong Kong (Jan 2013 - Jan 2014)
- Intern at McKinsey & Company - Hong Kong (Jan 2013 - Jan 2013)
- Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs - Hong Kong (Jan 2013 - Jan 2013)

## Education
- Harvard Business School - Master of Business Administration - MBA - (Jan 2022 - Jan 2024): Leadership Team of VCPE Club and Tech Club
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - BBA major in Global Business & Economics
- Columbia University in the City of New York - Visiting Student, Economics
- Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8
- https://cognition.ai/blog/windsurf
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/isabelle-i_this-is-the-sales-team-behind-cognitions-activity-7523093721865850880-mxWB
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/seandonahue1_awsreinvent-enterpriseai-activity-7270922457375485953-5BG9
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_windsurf-demo-space-invader-game-11-november-activity-7262525158777573376-2SXX
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_hpetechjam-hpetechjam-codeium-activity-7292147187952553984-VTTp
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_its-been-a-record-breaking-year-at-codeium-activity-7279603890780557312-zIn7
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_cognition-windsurf-has-been-named-a-activity-7374146312809701376-smuf
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessicakwok8_how-windsurf-saved-me-150k-in-6-hours-activity-7321418776212660224-vxlX
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakwok8?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAA0GuEkB585oUBEmrFlymxzoaoz64XTAQjk
- https://hkust.edu.hk/news/hkust-undergraduate-team-wins-international-case-competition
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wu-8b94ab96?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABRcyU0B3eVfSh_wWQgM7w3CZRywJOf28G8
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognizant/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilkjain?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAAs0sYBcqiV5AzCnn0Y7M5KflThvkgTWn0
- https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/aws-newsroom/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/astonmartinf1/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7485775868364079104-3aI6
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7420284155646844928-1Dtr
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7468444828494680064-bjP9
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7465459182477971456-ABRA


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jessica-kwok · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people