Shannon Kete

About Shannon Kete

I partner with executive and product visionaries to make their greatest ambitions come to fruition. With a record of operational leadership in managing rapid growth and transforming enterprises, I am at my best when helping to tackle the most difficult challenges facing a leadership team. In recent roles I have:* Accelerated the ship date for a $200mm software product investment from original 16 months to four * Created the “playbook” for construction, procurement and staffing for hyper-growth bricks and mortar operation, delivered within an exceptionally narrow time-frame* Restructured underlying equipment and software platform for robotics enterprise to fuel ongoing 15% growth rate, with minimal disruption to large embedded customer base

Experience

1. Chief Product Officer

   K12 Coalition

   Jan 2022 — Present · US

   Creating tools to support teacher success by tapping into new talent pools, supporting teachers in high impact, low burden ways, and using technology to accelerate progress without the typical related hassle. Joined the organization as COO of the Lavinia Group, ran Sales for K12 Coalition on an interim basis, and am now leading Product.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  BA, Latin American Studies and Political Science

  1991 — 1995

• Harvard Business School

  MBA, General Management

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Forecasting
• Venture Capital
• Public Speaking
• Staff Development
• Business Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategy
• Program Management
• Analysis
• Team Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Human Resources
• Training
• Non-Profits
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Process Improvement
• Complex, Large-Scale, Cross-Functional Implementation/Execution.
• Nonprofits
• Strategic Planning
• Mergers
• Start-Ups
• Finance