Kat Mandelstein

Kat Mandelstein currently leads Products & Technology Marketing at PwC as a member of their Marketing Leadership Team. Previously, she was in their Digital Customer Consulting team in the UK and the PwC Experience Center in the US after her previous company, Ant’s Eye View, was acquired by PwC. Prior to that, Kat held several Global leadership roles at IBM in their Software division, Developer & Channel Partnerships, supporting IBM Research and Emerging Technologies. Before joining IBM, Kat managed one of the earliest successful retail Web sites, www.jcpenney.com.

Kat is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of professional experience in the areas of global management, strategy, technology consulting, knowledge management, web development, marketing, sales, advertising and communications. She is a member of WITI (Women In Technology International) and has been active in her employer’s programs for mentoring female technologists, as well as volunteering in their STEM and Financial Literacy programs in both K-12 and University levels. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at Austin and a Global Leadership MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Her past organizational board service includes serving on the Global Board of
SocialMediaClub.org and serving as President of the local Austin chapter. Kat knows the power of Girlstart firsthand as a parent whose own daughter is an Alumni of the Girlstart summer camp programs, which sparked her early STEM interests and helped shape her future career path.