Kate is a strategist and designer with a talent for bringing companies and customers closer together through lean strategies, inventive design and participatory practices.

Prior to founding LUXr, Kate was a senior practitioner and consulting lead at Adaptive Path where she specialized in user research and design for complex and emerging digital systems.

She's brought customer empathy and collaborative design practices to companies such as Nokia, Travel+Leisure Publishing, Globo Networks and Greenpeace.

Kate speaks and leads workshops regularly at conferences and universities, including SXSW, UX Week, the iSchool at UC California and the Haas School of Business.

Kate serves as an adviser to startups, including Foodspotting, MileSense, and Pickie. She serves as a mentor at Startup Monthly.

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