About Katie

I'm a British white woman in her 40s. I live in Sheffield, UK with my husband, two working/studying away step kids and two cats. I've run my own business since 2014 (Kattwood Consulting) - providing business analysis and product management services alongside training in agile and related practices.

I've worked in digital products and services for most of my career - often within education and also housing, finance, HR and publishing.

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A recent full-time role was creating and leading a new Digital Education Product team within the IT Services department at the University of Sheffield. I've an Executive MBA from the University of Sheffield and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Birmingham who are also a client.

I like to join the dots, solve problems and look round corners. Whether the dots are people, ideas, issues or products - connectedness makes me smile, ask those questions which really aren't stupid and helps me encourage others to do the same. If I spark joy along the way - that's even better.

I used to speak at and host meetup groups including - agile Sheffield and a women in tech group (ShfWIT). I've written about why I stepped away. I had a great time as a volunteer event planner and host at #SheFest2020 and used to be a board director at Brightbox and 2024 may find me moving back to more visible community work.