Kristin Acker

I'm a manager at Zillow.com. Before that I worked at several other high-tech companies in the Seattle area including Microsoft and Expedia.

While it can get you in trouble to admit this in Seattle, I'm a native Californian. I don't know if Washington natives will give me any grace for the fact that I've lived here since 1989, but I consider myself a Washingtonian now.

I just moved to Lake Forest Park in June 07. When I'm not pondering improvements to Zillow.com, I'm hanging out with my family (husband and 3 sons but no pets (despite the lobbying by the boys)). Weekends are full of the usual mom stuff: coaching soccer, board games, and cooking. When I get a few minutes to myself, I go for a swim. When we get time for a date, we go to the theater for a play.

My husband and I are serial remodelers. we just finished a pretty extensive remodel of our new-to-us home. This is the 2nd home we have bought with lots of "potential". I can't tell you how lovely it is to be done. The first 6 months we were best described as camping. In the spring of 09, I just finished redoing the front yard. I guess I spend most of my life thinking about improving something.

I'm very intrigued with microfinance as a way to help the poor. I just started providing some technical consulting to Hope International. Check it out.