Kathy De Paolo

Kathy de Paolo is a technologist who started her career in aerospace engineering, following a love of aviation and problem solving. She then became interested in embedded software and wireless communications engineering, and led teams at a Fortune 500 company in delivering systems and software for mobile devices as well as IoT systems for enterprise.

Kathy joined the Walt Disney company in early 2015 to help Disney’s Consumer Products division realize their vision of connected play, bringing Disney’s powerful storytelling to life with IoT systems and wearables. She is now focused on leveraging machine learning and AI to make beloved Disney characters real and accessible to guests wherever they are.