Katie has over a decade of experience in the EC/VC space, and specializing in strategic transactions, intellectual property and technology licensing and protection, product counseling, data and privacy strategy, and the commercialization of intellectual property, software, data and other technology assets. Katie represents technology and venture-backed companies in nearly every industry, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity, consumer products, enterprise software, media, hardware, healthtech, fintech, insuretech, supply chain tech. Katie had led Gunderson's leadership in the artificial intelligence space, and is a frequent speaker on the cutting edge issues companies are facing as they raise money and develop innovative products. She has been interviewed by and quoted in major publications including Fast Company, The Washington Post, TechTarget, ADWEEK, MIT Technology Review, Quartz, Axios AI+, Digiday and VentureBeat, and has served as a guest lecturer on intellectual property, technology, and AI related topics at Yale, Cornell and MIT.

Clients consider Katie as an outsourced general counsel who provides strategic and practical advice. She has extensive experience in all types of commercial arrangements; acquisitions, spin-outs, software/SaaS licenses, intellectual property and confidentiality counseling, reseller, referral, manufacturing and distribution, support and maintenance, promotion and marketing, collaboration and development, evaluation and beta testing, and a variety of other in- and out-licensing deals and services arrangements pertaining to the creation, distribution and commercialization of products and services.

Katie also advises the leading venture capital firms on their investments in these companies.

Katie represents companies in negotiations of commercial agreements and corporate transactions with the world’s largest technology companies, including Alphabet, Apple, Adobe, Amazon, Google, Oracle, Meta, Microsoft, the largest retailers, including Target and Walmart, telecoms, including Comcast and Verizon, financial companies and banks, including Stripe, Mastercard, American Express, and Visa, major hospitals and health systems, universities, media companies, and other parties in the technology and venture ecosystem.

Katie actively facilitated the founding of Gunderson’s privacy practice, developing robust expertise in rapidly changing laws to quickly service clients. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), and leverages her expertise with the international privacy regulation framework to counsel clients on risks and opportunities with respect to use and exchange of personal data in their business transactions and product development, including machine learning models.

Katie also currently serves as a member of Gunderson’s Management Committee.