Katy Harris is a strategic leader driving design vision and product strategy for complex software ecosystems — while never losing a passion for experimentation and craft.
Areas of focus
Strategic Leadership
- Drive product design vision and strategy for B2C, B2B, and enterprise product ecosystems
- 20+ years navigating product design, engineering, and product management
- Translate complex systems for diverse audiences through strong facilitation and compelling storytelling
- Founding executive team member for two startups [one acquired in 2022 by RSA Archer]
Design Management
- Full stack design leader for multiple teams and products
- Build and develop teams capable of tackling complex use cases
- Staff-level product designer with particular individual strength in 0-1 products, design systems, and data visualization
- Adjunct professor of information and interaction design
Strategic Leadership
Leadership at an operational and functional level.
Entrepreneurship is design: stories from a design cofounder
Entrepreneurship is design: stories from a design cofounder
Founding teamHead of DesignHead of ProductStrategic leadershipSpeaking
Rebuilding a design function
Rebuilding a design function
Strategic leadershipTactical leadershipProgram managementDesign manager
Design Management
Tactical design work of my own and/or while leading a larger team.
The Mentor and the Machine: Scaling Mentorship in the Age of AI
The Mentor and the Machine: Scaling Mentorship in the Age of AI
Highlights
Everywhere at Once: Narrative Multiplicity and the Digital Archive
Everywhere at Once: Narrative Multiplicity and the Digital Archive