Kat Mandelstein currently leads the Managed Services Marketing team in the US and previously led Products & Technology Marketing, Deal Analytics and Divestitures Marketing. Before joining Marketing, she returned to the PwC US firm into the PwC Experience Center from international assignment to the PwC UK firm establishing their Digital Consulting business. She was previously Director of Social Business Strategy for Ant's Eye View, a consulting firm acquired by PwC into their Customer Impact Advisory Practice. Prior to that Kat oversaw the Worldwide Demand System, Digital Marketing and Events for Social Business and IBM Collaboration Solutions on a global basis. Before that, Kat led the IBM Rational marketing team focused on the business value of effective software delivery. Kat has been a pioneer in launching successful multi-channel, digital and social media efforts, as well as developing dedicated web communities and enterprise collaboration solutions since the early days of the Web. Her past history includes leading various Web development and marketing teams in IBM Software Group. Before joining IBM, Kat managed one of the earliest successful retail Web sites, www.jcpenney.com. Kat is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of professional experience in the areas of global management, consulting, enterprise collaboration, knowledge management, strategy, marketing, sales, web development, advertising and corporate communications. She holds a B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and a Global Leadership MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. Kat was a founder of the Future of Work Community. She also served on the Global Board of SocialMediaClub.org and is past president of the local Austin chapter. Specialties: Digital, Customer Experience, Strategy, Enterprise Collaboration, Social Business, Web Communities, Business Development, International Business, Marketing, Software Development