Transcend names Kate Parker as President

Today, I’m thrilled to share that we’ve appointed Kate Parker as President of Transcend. Below is a note I shared with the Transcend team a short time ago announcing the news.

Hi team, In recognition of her past and future impact on Transcend, Mike Farrell, the board, and I are excited to share that we’ve named Kate Parker as President. This update reflects Kate’s responsibility for the execution of our corporate strategy and trajectory at the highest levels, as laid out by me and Mike Farrell.

Kate has done incredible work managing the day-to-day of our corporate strategy, and with her new title, she will continue to ensure we are in an even stronger position to capitalize on our incredible momentum and market opportunity – all while allowing Mike and I to continue to set a bold path for the long-term needs and challenges of solving privacy for the enterprise.

In terms of what this means, you all can expect Kate’s focus and remit to remain exactly the same as it is today: Build Transcend into a generationally-defining company to simplify privacy inside businesses.

Together, we are all on a bold mission to put users everywhere in control of their data, and, in doing so, to help restore a reality in which ordinary people are not subject to extraordinary surveillance. Thank you, Kate, and let’s go get it!

My best,

Ben

About Kate Parker

Kate joined Transcend in 2020. She brings to Transcend over a decade of experience driving bold corporate-wide initiatives, from implementing CEO visions, shaping market dynamics, and changing user behavior. Prior to joining Transcend, Kate was the global director for Uber's top business priority, Consumer Safety, responsible for corporate initiatives across 700+ markets while running direct and cross-functional teams.

Before Uber, Kate spearheaded Google's 'Made with Code' Initiative, and was the public affairs leader for Google.org. Prior, Kate was a business strategy consultant for Fortune 500 companies undergoing dramatic industry change. Kate is a lifelong, team-oriented competitive athlete, and as an undergraduate, she co-captained the NCAA Division I Lacrosse team at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate and Masters degrees. Kate's philanthropy efforts include serving on boards for the global AI nonprofit Technovation, and the University of Pennsylvania Athletics.

About Transcend

Transcend helps the world’s largest companies better govern their data—reducing risk, improving operational efficiencies, unlocking growth, and building trust. Transcend customers go beyond the patchwork and manual offerings of today to realize an easy, efficient, and secure governance program at scale. In addition, Transcend’s platform incorporates standard-setting data protections that security-conscious brands have come to expect, including an on-premise security gateway, end-to-end encryption (E2EE), and more. Transcend was named a “Leader” in Data Privacy Management on G2 and a “Major Player” in the 2023 IDC MarketScape report “Worldwide Data Privacy Compliance Software.” Founded in 2017 by Ben Brook (CEO) and Mike Farrell (CTO), Transcend is headquartered in California’s Bay Area.