Kate O'Neill

Kate O'Neill is founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm committed to improving human experience at scale. She is widely known as the "Tech Humanist," which is also the title of her last book.

Kate’s expertise comes from more than 25 years in technology with a career that's been a series of firsts: she was one of the first 100 employees at Netflix, where she created the first content management role and helped implement innovative dynamic e-commerce practices that became industry standard; she developed Toshiba America's first intranet; she led cutting-edge practice-defining experience optimization work at Magazines.com; and she was founder & CEO of [meta]marketer, a first-of-its-kind analytics and digital strategy agency.

Now as a renowned technologist, writer, speaker, and ethicist, Kate regularly keynotes industry events around the world, advocating with her signature strategic optimism for the best futures for humanity in an increasingly tech-driven and exponentially-changing world. Clients and audiences have included the likes of Google, IBM, and Yale University, as well as non-profit organizations, cultural institutions, professional associations, industries such as public radio, cities such as Amsterdam, and the United Nations. She has been featured and quoted in a wide variety of national and international media, including the New York Times, WIRED, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, Marketplace, NBC News, and BBC World News.

Kate's books include Tech Humanist, Pixels and Place, and her latest, A Future So Bright.