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JUDGING PANEL MEMBER
Most recently Kate Woolley was General Manager of the IBM Ecosystem where she led all global sales and programs that supported tens of thousands of IBM partners, as well as owning IBM’s strategic partnerships and alliances.
Kate’s team was responsible for all partners who sell IBM technology (distributors/resellers), embed or run on IBM technology (software vendors), and/or provide services for IBM technology (consultancies/system integrators). In addition, Kate owned alliances with IBM’s strategic partners such as AWS, Microsoft, SAP, Adobe, Dell, Broadcom/VMWare, Kyndryl, Samsung, Salesforce, to name a few.
Before leading the IBM Ecosystem, Kate was Chief of Staff to IBM’s CEO, Arvind Krishna. In that role, she played a pivotal part in amplifying the strategic priorities and impact of the CEO across the organization. While working closely with the CEO, Kate gained insight into all parts of IBM’s global footprint, and in doing so, developed a deep appreciation of how critical the ecosystem is in fueling IBM’s growth strategy.
Prior to joining IBM, Kate was a Partner in the New York office of Bain & Company (2006-2020). Kate was a leader in Bain’s Technology practice where she co-led Bain’s Cloud Computing practice globally. Kate held a number of leadership positions at Bain, including leading the Women@Bain program in New York.
Kate sits on the Board of the United Way of New York City, where she is passionate about working to support low-income New Yorkers to ensure access to quality education, food security, health security and justice. UWNYC has been a trusted partner to government, corporations and community groups for 85 years.
Kate recently decided to take a short career break to spend time with her family before she looks to jump into her next opportunity in 2026.
Kate holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science (Operations Research major) from The University of Melbourne. She, and her husband moved to New York from Australia in 2010 and have two children.