Kate O'Neill

Kate O'Neill is a digital innovator, chief executive, business writer, and speaker. Kate is founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm which improves human experience at scale — especially in data-driven, algorithmically-optimized, AI-led interactions. Her clients and audiences include Adobe, the city of Amsterdam, the city of Austin, Cambridge, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Etsy, Getty Images, Google, Harvard, IBM, McDonald’s, Microsoft, the United Nations, Yale, and Zoom. Before starting KO Insights, Kate was one of the first 100 employees at Netflix, a technologist at Toshiba, and founder of the groundbreaking analytics firm, [meta]marketer. For her work, Kate has received awards and wide recognition. She was named “Technology Entrepreneur of the Year,” a “Power Leader in Technology,” a “Woman of Influence,” and more, and was featured by Google in the launch of their global campaign for women in entrepreneurship. Thinkers50, a global ranking of top management thinkers, named her to its list of the World’s Management Thinkers to Watch and shortlisted her for their Distinguished Award for Digital Thinking. Her insights have been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and WIRED, and she has appeared as an expert tech commentator on the BBC and NPR. Known for her ability to make complex topics relatable, Kate is a sought-after keynote speaker, appearing at conferences and corporate events and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of audience members worldwide. She’s written six books, including four on business strategy and technology: Tech Humanist, Pixels and Place, A Future So Bright, and What Matters Next.