Kate Perez

Kate Perez is an experienced marketing professional in the always evolving technology industry. With more than 10 years of experience building strategic programs for companies such as a Cisco and Dell, Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and an M.B.A. from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Ballet Austin, President of the Board for the Symphony BATS, is actively involved in The Blanton Museum and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas. She is a graduate of Leadership Austin’s Essential Class of 2013 and Emerge Class of 2009 and has previously been involved in organizations including Leadership Austin, The Texas Conference for Women and the LBJ School of Public Affairs where she was a Next Generation Project Texas Fellow. In 2015 she co-founded The Merivis Foundation, a nonprofit that connects military veterans to technology careers through training, coaching and job support.

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