Steve Walske

Board member at Big Panda, Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. & Medallia Inc.; Former Parametric Technology CEO & Chairman of the Board

“We hired Kate as a sales rep in 1992 at Parametric Technology (PTC). PTC has become known to cultivate some of the best CROs in the world. Make no mistake, those that survived, let alone thrived, in the early ’90s are the “300 Spartans” in the early evangelical days of cold calling.

Kate was one of the few that cold-called CEOs versus Engineering leaders. She would get meetings no one else could. Her drive, fortitude, and grit made her the top performer and she was one of the first women promoted to manage sales and engineers. She led from the front and her team was also the top-performing region.

I would recommend her for any executive search with confidence. She can get to anyone not looking and will deliver the unrecruitable.”

Placement
Medallia (Formerly Zingle): Senior Vice President of Sales