Kieran Klaassen
GM Of Cora EIR at DraftKit
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolKieran Klaassen is a product-focused engineering leader and founder with 15 years of experience building and scaling teams to deliver robust SaaS solutions. Currently GM of Cora and Founder of DraftKit, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic product vision to align technical roadmaps with customer outcomes. An early adopter and practitioner of applied LLM and AI integrations, he drives innovation that enhances user experience and operational efficiency. His background spans multiple startups—from co-founding Occasion and Vinebase to technical leadership at WizeHire—demonstrating repeated success in turning ideas into production systems. Trained as a classical composer, he brings a creative, systems-oriented approach to engineering and product design that often yields elegant technical and UX solutions. Based in San Diego, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a knack for fostering collaborative, high-performing teams.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Orchestration, Certificate, Orchestration at Berklee College of MusicBachelor of Arts - BA, Classical Composition, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Classical Composition at Conservatorium van Amsterdam
English, Dutch, German, French, Albanian
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Github Skills (200)
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github-api10
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
kieranklaassen/kieranklaassen
Aug 2020 - Jun 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years 10 months
kieranklaassen/Thesis
Dec 2018 - Aug 2024
Compositional tool
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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