Gina Tran, Senior Director of Product Management
Gina Tran is the senior director of product management at Bitwarden, overseeing the product portfolio and roadmap and helping customers define their identity, access, and security strategies. She started her identity and access consulting career, working with Microsoft customers to deploy multi-factor authentication. She also worked at T-Mobile, where she launched the first Gigabit LTE device and holds two design patents, and at Eagleview, where she launched the company's first SaaS product.
Gina has a bachelor's degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington. She is passionate about advocating for personal security and personal finance literacy.
Areas of expertise
Product leadership and mentorship
Authentication
Identity and access management
Credential management
Personal finance and personal security
Making security a business priority
5 Ways a Password Manager Can Save Your Relationship
“If you are transparent about all the accounts in your name, and you and your spouse know how to get to them, lies or secrets aren't really an issue anymore,” says Gina Tran, Director of Product at Bitwarden. A password manager builds “really strong financial and relationship transparency,” she adds.
“There are a lot of people who, when they get into a relationship, don't have a conversation about what's going on financially,” Tran says. “If you feel the need to hide something, then I think that's something to talk through."
260: Why development secrets end up in the wild and how we can do better
In this episode of What the Dev?, Jenna Barron, news editor of SD Times, is joined by Gina Tran, director of product for Bitwarden. They talk about the ever-growing problem of secrets getting leaked into production and why it happens. They also discuss how to prevent this problem and what improvements she has seen in secret management practices over the last couple of years.
Did You Lose Money in an Online Scam? Follow These 5 Steps to Recover Fast
When a scam happens, act immediately. "You really have to stop the bleeding," said Gina Tran, director of product for Bitwarden. “I'm a big proponent of doing everything that you can do to really feel like your bases are covered.”
If a scammer compromises one of your financial accounts, change the password immediately. “You need to have a strong, unique password for your critical accounts,” said Tran.