Erin L. Havens
I'm the product lead for GitHub's secret scanning, which currently processes 275M pushes a month and surfaces 40M+ secret exposures a year. Before that I studied computer science and art history at McGill, writing my undergraduate thesis on Frank Stella's Black Paintings. Yes, I use AI.
Brings me joy
- Love of the product craft
- Proving something can be done, and that it can be done successfully
- Being surrounded by smarter people I can learn from
Job titles
2022–Senior Product Manager, Product Lead — Secret Scanning, GitHub
2021–22Product Manager, Dependabot Alerts, GitHub
2020–21Product Manager, Risk & Security Products, Visa
2018–20Rotation Program, Visa
2017Fellow, True Ventures
2016, 2015Software Engineering Intern, SAS
Selected releases
Released several cross-platform $MM SKUs — a massive undertaking involving Brand, billing and licensing systems, website, sales motions, and product surfaces.
Originated product-led growth motion for security products. Drives ~1k orgs/week through the SRA (50k+ runs to date) at 9.1% conversion. Since copied by competitors and other products at GitHub.
Originated policy engine, adopted by 100k+ users in less than 30 days, amounting to 50M+ reduction in false positives across the developer community.
From minimum viable product to minimum lovable. When I fell in love with the craft.