Kathleen Owens
Sr Executive| Board Member | Advisor
- Role
- Board Member at Cloudera
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kathleen Owens
Currently serving as an active board member for two private technology companies and a stellar non-profit organization. Supporting executive teams with communication, leadership and strategic planning.Senior executive with a demonstrated track record overseeing the profitability, growth, and market success of complex software and technology organizations. Recognized consistently for the ability to set organizational priorities, establish clear product and market vision, and lead cross-functional teams in the development, release and support of innovative product offerings that make a difference for customers.Passionate believer in the power of culture-building, customer-centric selling, and systems thinking to create competitive advantage. Proven ability to turn around struggling teams and business units, fostering organizations characterized by uncommonly high levels of employee morale, retention, and engagement—and corresponding positive returns for stakeholders: customers, employees, investors and community. Areas of expertise include:• P&L Management & OpEX / CapEX Budgeting • Strategic Planning, Vision Goal-Setting & Board Reporting • Product Strategy & Product Portfolio Management • Team Recruitment, Leadership, Mentoring & Culture-Building• Revenue Growth, Sales Leadership, Marketing & Customer Acquisition• Data-Influenced Thinking / Metrics & KPI Implementation • Customer Relationship Management & Customer Experience / Advocacy • M&A Planning / Due Diligence / Integrations / Turnarounds• Deal-Closing & Contract Negotiation• Media Relations, Presentations & Public SpeakingIndustry and product expertise to date centers around the Enterprise Software and Technology sector, including specialized focus in the areas of database tools, monitoring and data replication; networking, connectivity, access management, ERP, IT security, analytics and data. Currently helping companies trust their data so they can trust their AI. That\'s big.
Experience
Board Member
Dec 2021 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US
Cloudera helps customers achieve better business outcomes by leveraging a hybrid and multi-cloud data platform. This means customers can do things like build once and deploy anywhere. Customers can migrate workloads to the cloud without rewriting them. Cloudera\'s approach empowers customers to secure, grow and transform their data to drive innovation and prepare for what comes next.
Education
University of Notre Dame
BA, Psychology
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Corporate Director
2021
Skills
- Turnaround Initiatives
- Channel Partners
- Customer Advocacy
- Contract Negotiation
- Selling
- Capex
- Solution Selling
- Enterprise Software
- Product Marketing
- Voice of the Customer
- Systems Thinking
- P&L Management
- Public Speaking
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Acquisition Integration
- Business Alliances
- Opex
- Product Strategy
- Spokesperson
- Managed Services
- Customer Experience Management
- Marketing Strategy
- Complex Sales
- Saas
- Marketing
- Product Management
- Market Share
- Strategic Planning
- Software Industry
- Leadership Development
- Executive Coaching
- Lead Generation
- Customer Acquisition
- Crm
- Demand Generation
- Sales Operations
- Customer Retention
- Professional Services
- Revenue & Profit Growth
- Strategic Partnerships
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