Kathy Pattison

General Manager, Marketing Leader, Growth Strategist

Kathy Pattison is a seasoned marketing leader with 25+ years of experience in bringing transformative technologies to life. Her journey includes successfully building markets and leading teams across diverse industries ranging from hardware to software to SaaS, catering to both niche and mass audiences on a global scale.

Kathy’s expertise extends from B2B to B2C and channel strategies. Throughout her career, Kathy has been a key player in launching new ventures, steering companies through phases of rapid growth, and strategically positioning for potential exits including an IPO.

Notable roles include serving as CMO for Mogul, CMO & Head of Sales for Kaarta, and senior leadership positions at Fiksu, Color Kinetics, and Psion. She cut her teeth at renowned companies like Apple and Quark during the early stages of her career.

Kathy is an angel investor with TBD Angels. She has been actively involved in mentoring and consulting for various startups including Incompass Labs, Ethos Admissions/Ethos Pathways, Wellbridge Health, Testive, Ecovent, Ketra, EcoSense, Torrent, and MailWise. She serves as a judge for MassChallenge and Venture Lane Startup Hub, and as a mentor for the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC). She is also the co-founder and CMO of Beekeeping.io, a platform and citizen science project dedicated to tracking and analyzing critical bee health data.

Kathy earned a dual BS degree from the Whitman School of Management and the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and studied abroad at the SU London Centre. Outside of her professional endeavors, Kathy is deeply committed to community service. She has served as a board member and Marketing Committee Chair of The Advent School, Treasurer for the Beaver Country Day School PA Executive Committee, board member of Friends of Titus Sparrow Park, and she holds board positions with the Nauset Heights Association.