- Joined
- Jul 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- SanaGTM Manager
- Status
- Current
Overlapped before Cognition
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Details
LocationSan Francisco Bay Area
UniversityHarvard University
CommunicationSwordmanshipBusiness StrategyMicrosoft OfficeSpiritual WarfareCorridor Studiesfencingcloud coding agentsAI-native learning
Notes
- Joined Cognition in July 2026 on the Applied AI Transformation Team and relocated from NYC to San Francisco; her announcement says she will be "partnering with our customers to enable innovation and transformation leveraging Devin."Jul 9, 2026Super excited to announce a couple of life changes… I’ve joined Cognition on the Applied AI Transformation Team, and I moved from NYC to SF 🌁 I’ll be partnering with our customers to enable innovation and transformation leveraging Devin (think of Devin like a junior engineer who can multiply your capabilities) 🦦💻 It feels like a full circle moment — I remember doing CS psets together in the dining hall with Mary G. and getting the sage advice of Nicholas W. in the Crimson office. We pursued our own paths post-grad, but now we get to work together again! Looking forward to building alongside David Morse, Doris T., and the rest of the talented, humble Cognition team. If you are interested in opportunities within Cognition (https://lnkd.in/gveECJzk), are in SF, or want to chat cloud coding agents, please reach out :)
- Her Cognition role is customer-facing deployment of Devin rather than core engineering, a move.Jul 9, 2026Super excited to announce a couple of life changes… I’ve joined Cognition on the Applied AI Transformation Team, and I moved from NYC to SF 🌁 I’ll be partnering with our customers to enable innovation and transformation leveraging Devin (think of Devin like a junior engineer who can multiply your capabilities) 🦦💻 It feels like a full circle moment — I remember doing CS psets together in the dining hall with Mary G. and getting the sage advice of Nicholas W. in the Crimson office. We pursued our own paths post-grad, but now we get to work together again! Looking forward to building alongside David Morse, Doris T., and the rest of the talented, humble Cognition team. If you are interested in opportunities within Cognition (https://lnkd.in/gveECJzk), are in SF, or want to chat cloud coding agents, please reach out :)
- Experienced an acquisition from the inside at Sana: she posted that Sana "has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Workday for $1.1B", and her profile notes it was Europe's largest AI acquisition to date; she left for Cognition about nine months after the deal was announced.Sep 16, 2025When I joined Sana earlier this year, I had a gut feeling about it--about the people, the mission, the product. This experience been more than I could have imagined, from getting to feel the tangible impact we've driven for our incredible partners to working with Sanians who inspire me everyday. It's still hasn't sunk in yet that Sana has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Workday for $1.1B 🦄 !!! With Workday, we’ll continue building Sana Agents and Sana Learn at an even faster pace. We can’t wait to show you what’s next 🎉 Stay tuned 👀
- Was part of Sana's founding US go-to-market team as GTM Manager in New York (2025 to July 2026); Sana builds an AI-native learning platform and AI agent platform.2025
- Named Cognition colleagues David Morse and Doris T. as people she looked forward to building alongside, and reconnected with Harvard peers Mary G. (CS psets in the dining hall) and Nicholas W. (Harvard Crimson office) who were already at Cognition.Jul 9, 2026Super excited to announce a couple of life changes… I’ve joined Cognition on the Applied AI Transformation Team, and I moved from NYC to SF 🌁 I’ll be partnering with our customers to enable innovation and transformation leveraging Devin (think of Devin like a junior engineer who can multiply your capabilities) 🦦💻 It feels like a full circle moment — I remember doing CS psets together in the dining hall with Mary G. and getting the sage advice of Nicholas W. in the Crimson office. We pursued our own paths post-grad, but now we get to work together again! Looking forward to building alongside David Morse, Doris T., and the rest of the talented, humble Cognition team. If you are interested in opportunities within Cognition (https://lnkd.in/gveECJzk), are in SF, or want to chat cloud coding agents, please reach out :)
- Cognition's job posting for her team's role, Applied AI Transformation Manager, describes the job as "technically oriented strategic advisors and operators" who oversee "onboarding and rollout to thousands of engineers". It requires a CS or EE undergraduate degree plus SWE experience.
- Cognition signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf (the agentic IDE) in July 2025, a year before she joined; her LinkedIn history shows she came from Sana, not via the Windsurf acquisition.Jul 2025
- Worked as a Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company in New York from 2022 to 2025 before moving into AI startups.2022
- Won the 2019 Beanpot with Harvard as part of the foil trio with Liana Henderson-Semel and Cynthia Liu, who swept MIT 9-0; earlier that day she, Cynthia Liu and Natalie Yang posted a +31 touch differential against Boston College.Feb 14, 2019
- Public headline says "Applied AI @ Cognition".
- Her Cognition announcement post drew 251 reactions and 52 comments and invited people to reach out to "chat cloud coding agents".Jul 9, 2026Super excited to announce a couple of life changes… I’ve joined Cognition on the Applied AI Transformation Team, and I moved from NYC to SF 🌁 I’ll be partnering with our customers to enable innovation and transformation leveraging Devin (think of Devin like a junior engineer who can multiply your capabilities) 🦦💻 It feels like a full circle moment — I remember doing CS psets together in the dining hall with Mary G. and getting the sage advice of Nicholas W. in the Crimson office. We pursued our own paths post-grad, but now we get to work together again! Looking forward to building alongside David Morse, Doris T., and the rest of the talented, humble Cognition team. If you are interested in opportunities within Cognition (https://lnkd.in/gveECJzk), are in SF, or want to chat cloud coding agents, please reach out :)
- The Windsurf deal brought Cognition the agentic IDE's IP, brand, team and $82M of ARR. Devin Desktop/Windsurf is therefore part of the product portfolio her Applied AI team now rolls out to customers.Jul 14, 2025
Previous roleSana (acquired by Workday)
Experience
Applied AI at Cognition
Jul 2026 - Present
San Francisco, California, United States
GTM Manager at Sana
Jan 2025 - Jul 2026
New York, United States
Part of founding US GTM team. Sana is transforming how organizations learn and access knowledge with an AI-native learning platform and AI agent platform. In October 2025, Sana became part of Workday in Europe’s largest AI acquisition to date.
Sr Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Jan 2022 - Jan 2025
New York, United States
Business Manager at The Harvard Crimson
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Foil at USA Fencing
Jan 2008 - Jan 2021
National finalist; competed for Team USA and Harvard Varsity Women's Fencing team.
Education
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science | Secondary: English
AchievementsFounding US GTM team member at Sana through its $1.1B Workday acquisition · Business Manager, The Harvard Crimson (2021)
Recent posts
July 2026
Super excited to announce a couple of life changes… I’ve joined Cognition on the Applied AI Transformation Team, and I moved from NYC to SF 🌁 I’ll be partnering with our customers to enable innovation and transformation leveraging Devin (think of Devin like a junior engineer who can multiply your capabilities) 🦦💻 It feels like a full circle moment — I remember doing CS psets together in the dining hall with Mary G. and getting the sage advice of Nicholas W. in the Crimson office. We pursued our own paths post-grad, but now we get to work together again! Looking forward to building alongside David Morse, Doris T., and the rest of the talented, humble Cognition team. If you are interested in opportunities within Cognition (https://lnkd.in/gveECJzk), are in SF, or want to chat cloud coding agents, please reach out :)
September 2025
When I joined Sana earlier this year, I had a gut feeling about it--about the people, the mission, the product. This experience been more than I could have imagined, from getting to feel the tangible impact we've driven for our incredible partners to working with Sanians who inspire me everyday. It's still hasn't sunk in yet that Sana has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Workday for $1.1B 🦄 !!! With Workday, we’ll continue building Sana Agents and Sana Learn at an even faster pace. We can’t wait to show you what’s next 🎉 Stay tuned 👀
Press
AwardsHarvard women's fencing Beanpot champion (2019) · NJSIAA first-team All-State fencing (2016-18) · Men of Essex Scholar Athlete (2018) · USA Fencing national finalist
Profiles
Network
ConnectionsDavid Morse (Cognition) · Doris T. (Cognition) · Mary G. (Cognition, Harvard CS classmate) · Nicholas W. (Cognition, Harvard Crimson) · Cynthia Liu (Harvard foil teammate) · Liana Henderson-Semel (Harvard foil teammate) · Natalie Yang (Harvard foil teammate) · Peter Brand (Harvard fencing head coach) · Frank Mustilli (NJ Fencing Alliance coach)
