Kathy O'Connell is a seasoned marketing executive with extensive experience leading marketing and communications teams in both entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 organizations. With a focus on attracting top talent and developing organizational leaders, she inspires organizations to achieve outstanding results through instilling a commitment to quality, customers, and innovation. O'Connell has worked in a variety of markets, including SaaS, AI, cloud, security, collaboration, networking, and professional services. Her expertise includes corporate marketing, category creation and brand awareness, thought leadership, content strategy, executive audience marketing, account-based marketing, vertical industry marketing, and communications. O'Connell holds a B.A. in English Literature and Psychology from Connecticut College, an executive leadership accreditation from Women Unlimited, and has worked in various leadership positions for firms such as Skybox Security, Intapp, Cisco, KPMG, and McGrath/Power Public Relations.