Welcome. It is great to see you.

My name is Kate Matsudaira. I live just outside of Seattle, Washington.

My background is in technology and computer science.  Although I have spent most of my career on the management side of things.  I have worked at large companies, but have also been an entrepreneur and CEO of my own startup.

More recently my focus has been with managing large organizations to create amazing products.  I have extensive experience building and managing high performance teams that create technology to solve challenging customer problems.  In the past, I specialized in building and operating large-scale web applications/sites (and wrote a chapter on this topic in the AOSA book). While I don't believe there is a one-size-fits-all development process I am a fan of some aspects agile development practices and the lean startup movement (especially as it applies to software process) - but am always eager to try new models and methods.

Outside of work I spend most of time chasing after my 2 little boys. But I also LOVE pinball, games, reading and my elliptical trainer.

To learn more about me, you can read my blog. If you want to get in touch you can drop me a note using the form below.