Kate Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

For 5+ years I've been a product development leader at Meta, leading Business Product Marketing teams serving as "the voice of market in product and the voice of product in market," and building business tools used by 200M+ businesses worldwide to connect with customers and grow their business via Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. I gravitate toward 0>1 product areas, including experience in two-sided/consumer products and monetization. Typical focus areas are product vision, shaping product roadmap via customer/market insights, testing to Product Market Fit, and product launch/GTM.I currently lead a team building business messaging & commerce products for small businesses.I previously led development of Meta Business Suite, Meta's flagship business product, from conception to launch: https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/a-faster-and-easier-way-to-manage-your-business-on-facebook-and-instagram/

TotScoop (www.totscoop.com) was a side project that turned into a full-time gig for a couple years. The spark of inspiration was being totally overwhelmed by baby stuff as a new parent. I bootstrapped and led a small team to design, build, and launch a consumer social product recommendation product (for mobile & desktop web platforms). I grew the product to thousands of users and cash flow-positive. In the process I learned a lot not only about building internet products, but also about developing grit and staying humble.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Led consulting projects for Tech clients across Internet, software, and digital media. Representative clients included leading ecommerce, marketplace, and B2B software companies. Managed large project teams of consultants, built senior client/executive relationships, and developed new business.Representative skills/experience:* High-level business and growth strategy* Product development & go-to-market: Market assessment, productization, business model development, go-to-market strategy design & execution * Marketing / branding / pricing: Online marketing (e.g. customer acquisition, online advertising), brand positioning, pricing design/optimization * Customer insight: Design and execution of qual/quant research, extraction of key insights * Operational improvement: Process redesign, operational efficiency improvement, cost reduction * Finance / corporate development: Financial modeling, P&L forecasting, M&A strategy, due diligence * Executive/Board presentations and meeting/workshop facilitation

Redmond, Washington, Us

Identified white-space opportunities on Microsoft's internal strategy consulting team. Received offer for full-time employment.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Became a Starwood junkie and started writing my grocery lists in Powerpoint. Also, learned the fundamentals of market sizing & analysis, customer insights, financial modeling, etc. Promoted pre-MBA and sponsored for business school.

Let's Go is a Harvard student-run organization that produces a series of travel guidebooks. At the time it consisted of 30+ guidebooks and generated annual revenue of ~$3M. I co-led a 300-person organization and bore ultimate responsibility for delivering high-quality product on time.

Ba, Economics

Mba, Technology, Entrepreneurship