Hi, I’m kate.

Most recently I ran Operations & People at the DTC lingerie start up, CUUP. Before that I was the third employee at the now public ad tech company Outbrain and started a meal kit company, Green Blender. I am an experienced executive with a diverse and scrappy skill set.

Now I work with early stage companies who need operational and hr support. I would love to work with you on…

 
 

GENERAL

  • Strategy and Planning

  • Goal Setting and OKRs

  • Project Management

LOGISTICS

  • Vendor Selection

  • 3PL Management

  • Shipping Carrier Management

  • Contract Negotiation

  • General logistical challenges

HUMAN RESOURCES

  • Recruiting, hiring and onboarding

  • Management training 

  • Team structure

  • Payroll and benefits administration

  • Employee policy & reviews process

  • General HR Support

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

  • CX Process and Efficiencies

  • Outsourcing

 
 

SOME WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER

  • You’re not ready for a full time HR hire but you need to put some foundation in place. I can set you up with an employee handbook, benefits package and reviews process to get you started..

  • You’ve been shipping products out of your office and you need to move it to a 3PL, I can find the right partner, negotiate the contract and get them up and running.

  • You have a major initiative critical for company growth but no one to spearhead it internally. I can work cross departmentally to move the project forward.


SOME THINGS I’VE DONE (full resume upon request)

  • Developed and executed hiring process onboarding 20 new FTEs in a year

  • Managed selection and migration to a new 3PL facility, moved 100k’s units of inventory and shipped 350k+ orders annually

  • Oversaw due diligence process for Series A

  • Implemented a CX team incentive program doubling productivity

  • Built homegrown candidate tracker and onboarding system using no-code solutions including Acuity, IFTTT, Airtable, Apps Script

  • Senior leadership at three fast growing start ups

    • CUUP (Pre-revenue to $40MM+ and 50 employees in 3 years)

    • Green Blender (Pre-revenue to $4MM+ and 10 employees in 1.5 years)

    • Outbrain (Pre-revenue to $250MM+ and 500+ employees in 5.5 years)


Get in touch! Contact me.

“Working with Kate was exactly what my business needed. She brings a level of clarity and action to the work that is unmatched. Kate has an uncanny ability to cut through the noise and pinpoint exactly what needs to be done to scale businesses”
— Jenna Tanenbaum, Head Growth Marketing, Who Gives a Crap