Kathy helps lead the creative tools product team at TikTok, where she launched Effect House, the company’s first AR product that allows creators to build, publish & share effects. She built TikTok’s AR effects ecosystem from 0 to 1, including creation tools, user growth, moderation, monetization, discovery & recommendations. Kathy also led the launch of several industry-first generative AI creation tools, as well as a $6M creator fund.

Previously, Kathy spent 4 years at Magic Leap, helping to oversee product across the spatial computing platform, including software & OS, developer ecosystem, hardware, multimodal UI and content. She also helped lead strategy & business development, including partnerships with companies such as Disney, HBO, Alibaba, H&M, NBA and The New York Times. 

Prior to Magic Leap, Kathy worked on product at Amazon Video, helping to develop a social recommendation product. Before that, she worked on the investing team at Andreessen Horowitz, focusing on consumer internet startups. Kathy started her career in tech & media investment banking at Allen & Company, advising companies including Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, Intel, Yelp, Etsy, Universal Music and Activision Blizzard.

Kathy holds an MBA from Harvard and a BS in Finance & Political Science from Wharton/Penn. When she’s not thinking about the future of computing, Kathy likes to get outside and enjoys hiking, skiing, tennis and all things food and design.

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