# Katie Siegel

> Katie Siegel is the co-founder and CEO of Flipturn, the New York software company building the control center for electric fleet and charger operations. An MIT-trained engineer who was among the first dozen builders at Samsara before its IPO and co-founded Impira (acquired by Figma), she now points her fleet-software expertise at the least glamorous, most consequential problem in electrification: keeping commercial EV chargers actually working. Flipturn has raised about $26.5M, including an $11M Series A led by CRV, and counts the City of Seattle, Purolator, Republic Services, and Swift Transportation among its customers.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Flipturn
- **Organizations:** Flipturn, Samsara, Impira, MIT
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MEng/MS, Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Flipturn, an EV fleet and charger operations platform, Raised roughly $26.5M total, including an $11M Series A led by CRV, Signed enterprise and public-sector customers including the City of Seattle, Purolator, Republic Services, Swift Transportation, TITAN Freight Systems, and Zeem Solutions

## Career timeline

- **2012** — iOS Developer at the MIT Media Lab
- **2013** — Software engineering intern at Square
- **2014** — Software engineering intern at Dropbox; helped organize HackMIT 2014
- **2015** — Software engineering intern at MemSQL
- **2016** — Joined Samsara as one of its first dozen engineers
- **2017** — Co-founded Impira
- **2019** — Returned to Samsara, eventually as Senior Engineering Manager leading dash cam and on-site camera launches
- **2021** — At Samsara through its December 2021 IPO (NYSE: IOT)
- **2022** — Co-founded Flipturn with Sashko Stubailo; became CEO
- **2023** — Raised $4.5M seed round led by Accel; Impira acquired by Figma
- **2024** — Raised $11M Series A led by CRV with participation from Accel

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Flipturn, an EV fleet and charger operations platform
- Raised roughly $26.5M total, including an $11M Series A led by CRV
- Signed enterprise and public-sector customers including the City of Seattle, Purolator, Republic Services, Swift Transportation, TITAN Freight Systems, and Zeem Solutions
- Was among the first dozen engineers at Samsara and led engineering through multiple hardware product launches
- Co-founded Impira, later acquired by Figma
- Helped organize HackMIT 2014
- Earned BS and master's degrees in Computer Science from MIT

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Flipturn announced an $11M Series A led by CRV with participation from Accel to scale go-to-market and engineering.
- **2023-07** — Flipturn raised a $4.5M seed round led by Accel.

## Links

- Website: https://getflipturn.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-siegel-912a7758
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ktisiegel
- GitHub: https://github.com/ktsiegel

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Last updated: 2026-06-03