Jenn Gile

Co-Founder

Seattle, Washington, United States16 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Co-Founder of OpenSourceMalware.com
  • Led community initiatives at BSides Seattle
  • Expert in cybersecurity and product marketing
Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity and community engagement expert with a focus on open-source software.

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Skills

Core Skills

Nonprofit OrganizationsMarketing StrategyCommunity EngagementCustomer Evidence ProgramProduct MarketingCybersecurityGo-to-market StrategyLeadership DevelopmentProject ManagementEvent PlanningLeadershipProfessional Development ProgramsTraining

Other Skills

FundraisingConsultingCustomer Advisory BoardsTechnical Advisory CouncilsCommunity-led growthOpen-Source SoftwareSoftwareSales EnablementPublic SpeakingFacilitationInstructional DesignMarketingNetworkingEvent DesigningEducation

About

Jenn Gile is a community builder and tech educator in the Security and DevOps fields. She's Co-Founder of OpenSourceMalware.com, on staff with BSides Seattle, and is an advisor at Endor Labs. Jenn previously worked at NGINX, F5, and the U.S. Department of State. Outside of work, she's deeply involved in the cycling community as a board member for 2nd Cycle.

Experience

16 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
2 mos
Current Experience

2nd cycle community cycle center

2 roles

Vice Chair

Promoted

Mar 2026Present · 1 mo

  • 2nd Cycle is a community advocacy organization disguised as a bike shop. Our mission is to create a world where the joy of bike riding is accessible to everybody, which we do through a range of programs focused on equitable access:
  • ✅ Education programs for the community and local schools
  • ✅ Advocate for safer streets and bike infrastructure
  • ✅ Affordable bikes for everyone
  • ✅ Group rides for under-represented groups including women, nonbinary, and BIPOC

Board Member

Sep 2024Mar 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos

Marketing StrategyNonprofit OrganizationsFundraisingConsulting

Endor labs

3 roles

Advisor

Promoted

Feb 2026Present · 2 mos

Head of Community

Apr 2025Feb 2026 · 10 mos

  • Established a multi-functional Advocacy and Community department from the ground up, architecting the strategy for how the company engages with the open-source community and its customer base.
  • Developed and validated a scalable Customer Evidence program, creating the framework for sourcing champions and producing high-impact case studies and testimonials to drive sales velocity.
  • Proved the business value of technical advisory groups by launching Customer Advisory Boards (CABs) and Technical Advisory Councils (TACs) to directly inform product strategy and feature development.
  • Integrated community-led growth into the GTM funnel through the creation of vendor-neutral educational content and community partnerships that established brand credibility before the marketing funnel.
  • Operationalized "Voice of the Customer" insights, building a feedback loop between customers and Product/Engineering teams to identify retention opportunities and improve the user experience.
Community EngagementCustomer Evidence ProgramCustomer Advisory BoardsTechnical Advisory CouncilsCommunity-led growth

Director of Product Marketing

Oct 2023Aug 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • First product marketing hire at Series B cybersecurity disruptor.
Open-Source SoftwareCybersecurityProduct Marketing

Opensourcemalware

Co-Founder

Feb 2026Present · 2 mos

  • OpenSourceMalware (OSM) is a the most comprehensive threat intelligence database for open source malware.

Seattle bsides security conference

Head of Community

Nov 2025Present · 5 mos

Leanappsec

2 roles

Host

Jan 2025Feb 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

Community Manager

Oct 2023Apr 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

Nginx

2 roles

Head of Product Marketing

Promoted

Jan 2022Sep 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Remote

  • Leading the marketing transformation of the entire NGINX portfolio of 15 open source and commercial solutions.
  • ✔️ Managing a team of 8 product marketers, technical marketers, and program managers.
  • ✔️ Increasing adoption and revenue by transitioning NGINX to solution-focused marketing and sales motions, including bundled trials, new product packaging and pricing, and targeted sales enablement.
  • ✔️ Introducing F5’s first open source software subscription, enabling customers to consume NGINX Open Source in a manner that’s compliant with regulatory requirements and security best practices.
  • ✔️ Owner of F5’s largest customer research initiative – the annual NGINX survey – which provides actionable insights for internal use and the NGINX State of App and API Security for external use.
  • ✔️ Set the portfolio-level plan for product launches, content marketing, and development of solution-oriented use cases.
  • ✔️ Deliver business and technical enablement to F5 sales, marketing, channel, and customer success.
Go-to-Market StrategySoftwareLeadershipSales EnablementProduct Marketing

Senior Manager of Product Marketing

Jan 2019Jan 2022 · 3 yrs · Remote

  • Led team responsible for NGINX’s Kubernetes $xxM products, as well as the entire product marketing team’s strategic planning process and sales enablement initiatives.
  • ✔️ Manage a team of 3 product marketers and program managers.
  • ✔️ Created NGINX’s most successful education and marketing program – Microservices March – which drew 30k global participants over 3 years.
  • ✔️ Led the launch of NGINX Service Mesh and created go-to-market strategy and assets for the NGINX Kubernetes solution.
  • ✔️ Produced 50+ awareness-raising and lead-generating assets including an eBook, blogs, webinars, videos, and conference talks.
  • ✔️ Championed a new sales motion that resulted in a $1.2m deal.
  • ✔️ Created go-to-market programs for Red Hat and public cloud marketplaces.
Go-to-Market StrategySoftwareLeadershipSales EnablementProduct Marketing

F5

Learning & Development Program Manager

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr · Hybrid

  • Drove strategy and execution of professional development for a global workforce of 4800+. Accomplishments include:
  • ✔ Innovated live-virtual learning events and sparked company-wide investment in coaching
  • ✔ Evolved the learning culture to center around employee-led social learning experiences
  • ✔ Enabled adoption of agile and design thinking techniques for HR
  • ✔ Created on-demand, modern learning products on project management and non-technical skills
  • ✔ Certified facilitator for Insights Discovery, Crucial Conversations, and Getting Things Done
Leadership DevelopmentPublic SpeakingProject ManagementFacilitationInstructional Design

Atd puget sound

Special Events Manager

Jan 2018Jan 2019 · 1 yr · On-site

  • Lead ATD Puget Sound's two premiere event series ("Under the Hood" and "Extravaganza") representing 2019's largest gains in memberships and revenue.
LeadershipMarketingEvent PlanningNetworkingEvent Designing

Foreign service institute

Adjunct Faculty

Jan 2012Jan 2018 · 6 yrs · Hybrid

  • Instructor at the Department of State’s chief learning organization, specializing in the School of Professional Area Studies and the Leadership & Management School. Certified to teach courses in:
  • ✔ Managing Up
  • ✔ Team Building
  • ✔ Supervisory & Management Skills
  • ✔ Employee Relations
  • ✔ Leadership Skills
  • ✔ Negotiation Techniques
  • ✔ Federal Labor Relations
  • ✔ U.S. Citizenship Law
Leadership DevelopmentPublic SpeakingFacilitationInstructional DesignProfessional Development Programs

U.s. department of state

Branch Chief

Jan 2010Jan 2018 · 8 yrs · Hybrid

  • As a Senior Manager of Learning & Development, I drove strategy and execution of professional development for a global workforce of 3000+ and wrote government policies related to citizenship and identity.
  • Led a remote team of 15 highly-skilled training professionals who design and deliver training to an organization in 28 U.S.-based offices.
TrainingLeadershipLeadership DevelopmentProfessional Development ProgramsEducation

Education

University of Oregon

BA — Asian Studies

The Australian National University

n/a — study abroad

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