Kat Downs Mulder

About Kat Downs Mulder

Enterprise leader with P&L ownership and a track record of leading large, consumer-facing businesses through transformation and growth. Currently SVP & GM at Yahoo, accountable for strategy, financial performance, and execution across a portfolio reaching hundreds of millions of users.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President & General Manager, Yahoo News and Home

   Yahoo

   Dec 2022 — Present

   Lead Yahoo Homepage, Content Network (Yahoo for Publishers and Yahoo for Creators), News, Games, Entertainment, and Weather in the U.S. and around the globe. Own P&L, drive business, product and editorial strategy, and build and lead a fantastic team- Relaunched the Yahoo News app less than 3 months after acquiring the Artifact app, resulting in a 50% increase in engagement- Relaunched the Yahoo homepage in the US with fresh design, new features and a completely modernized tech stack- Launched Yahoo for Creators, bringing independent journalists and creators to Yahoo\'s network

Education

• National University of Singapore

  Study Abroad

  2003 — 2003

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  BA, Journalism & Mass Communication

  2002 — 2006

• The Poynter Institute

  Management

  2013 — 2013

• Lund University

  Study Abroad

  2005 — 2005

Skills

• Css
• Audio Editing
• Information Visualization
• Video
• Web Project Management
• Newspapers
• Illustrator
• Backbone.js
• Advanced Css
• Information Design
• Web Design
• Journalism
• Interaction Design
• Photography
• Html
• Digital Photography
• Video Editing
• Editorial
• Flash
• Javascript
• Actionscript
• Social Media
• User Interface Design
• Storytelling