Hello! I’m Kate.

I'm your ultimate high-capacity Swiss army knife thanks to my background working across business strategy, operations, people, go-to-market, and finance. My specialty is building and transforming the internal ops, people ops (HR), and talent acquisition foundation at early-stage companies - Seed through Series C.

Over the last 15 years I've built multiple functions from scratch at early stage companies, re-built and transformed departments at recently IPO'd companies, and innovated at scale and maturity with industry-leading organizations. I now work with consulting clients to guide them through key builds and transformations of their organizations, unlocking new maturity that allows them to scale and expand.

Founders, CEOs, and operational leaders are flooded with coaching and advice, but left without the capable hands to bring it to fruition. My model is committed to helping you see around corners and identify the right solution for your company, but also building and shipping it.

Outside work, I'm an outdoor explorer, amateur theologian, wife and boy mom, and a voracious reader.

Read more on LinkedIn.

My
Values

Alignment

I commit to getting clear on what we are solving for, and what it will accelerate for your business.

It starts with our first conversation, and continues throughout our work together.

I provide regular communication, close every loop, and give transparency on progress, challenges, and insights.

I ask you to be accessible to keep work flowing, and transparent about shifting needs and dynamics.

Communication and Transparency

Velocity

I commit to operating with urgency.

We will rapidly iterate to get your strategy, program, or framework shipped. Deliverables always include the change management and communications to make it land and drive impact for your business.

Results

On time. On budget. Beyond your expectations.

These are my commitments to you. I’ve built a career delivering game-changing results, and look forward to raising the bar for your organization.

Recent Consulting Highlights

Series B | AI and ML for Retail | 250+ Employees | $XXM ARR | USA, Canada, UK, Poland

  • Fractional Chief People Officer

  • Partnered with turnaround CEO to build a healthy HR foundation including talent strategy, culture, career frameworks, performance, compensation, benefits, and global policies and compliant contracts.

  • Reduced regretted attrition from 50% to 5%

Acquired Subsidiary | Biotech | 125 Employees | USA

  • Interim Chief People Officer / Parental Leave

  • Guided organizational transformation and reorg

  • Supported performance and merit cycles

  • Coached and developed HR team

Professional Highlights

Series B | AI and ML for autonomous systems | 100+ Employees | $XM ARR

  • First executive for operations, finance and people through significant scaling

  • Grew company from 35 > 100.

  • Established HR function and hired over 75 technical and GTM staff

  • Launched use of OKRs and strategic planning

  • Cleaned pre-seed > Series A financials, established forecast, raised $30M Series B with CEO.

Series A | health tech software enabling value-based care contracts | 35 Employees | $XM ARR

  • Founding team member; established People, Operations, and Finance functions

  • Integrated acquired actuarial services firm with novel approaches to compensation, career frameworks, and culture

  • Established financial model and forecasting, KPI reporting, and OKR setting with Board of Directors

  • Led CTO executive search, closed ideal candidate in 34 days from outreach to offer; sourced and hired founding engineering team

Recently Public (IPO) | cloud collaboration software | 2.5K Employees | $2.5B ARR

  • Business Development: Guided major pivot of partnerships strategy; influenced 25% of company revenue

  • People: XX% improvement to retention of critical staff through strategic retention program; strategy + operations behind V1 of virtual first (remote first) work; M&A integration for HelloSign (e-signature) and Valt (passwords). 

Additional Experience

Beyond tech, I have worked in healthcare and HR strategy at Kaiser Permanente, education partnerships and philanthropy at Teach For America and Tilting Futures (fka Global Citizen Year), and in government at AmeriCorps and the State of Wisconsin.

My familiarity with every stage and sector and a variety of industries means I’ve seen it before, and I synthesize the best to craft a winning strategy, program, or framework for your organization.

See my full work history and results on LinkedIn.

Bringing your vision to reality begins with a single step.

Reach out and start your journey today.