Kate Murdock

Senior Director of Business Development, Health Plan Sales

2024

Director of Business Development, Health Plan and Strategic Partnerships

2023 - 2024

Director of Strategy & Operations

2023 - 2023

Board Member

2018 - 2025

CEO

2017 - 2018

• Led management team of 28 in the areas of investments, operations, marketing, events, and tech. • Led coaching team of 35 MBA students and alumni to consult ventures on their growth • Developed the educational and networking tools for the new “Invest Stage” of the accelerator • Oversaw the deployment of $250K annually to seed-stage startups • "Green-light" the advancement of over 200 ventures moving through the program • Fundraised and procured in-kind services from corporate partners and private donors to further establish IDEA's position and visibility in Boston's venture community • Appointed for a year-long tenure as CEO by the Dean of D'amore Mckim School of Business IDEA is Northeastern University's venture accelerator that serves more than 300 startup companies founded by Northeastern University students, alumni, and faculty. Our mission is twofold: to educate entrepreneurs and launch successful businesses. The program provides a platform for early-stage ventures to accelerate their growth with a business planning framework, hands-on coaching, industry and investor connections, and non-equity seed funding. Launched ventures have gone on to raise over $80 million in funding.

Investor

2020 - 2023

Investor

2018 - 2020

I sourced and/or worked on our investments in Highspot, Intezer, Axonius, Buildkite, & Optimize Health.

Analyst

2016 - 2016

• Sourced a $30M deal; helped with initial sourcing and first meetings with potential portfolio companies • Worked with the Deal Team to complete due diligence including an initial financial snapshot and executive summary for both quantitative and qualitative analysis of a potential investment and completed the full, month-long due diligence process after the company signed a term sheet • Maintained our database and kept the portfolio’s financial information up-to-date

FMP Co-op

2015 - 2015

• Overhauled the migrations process by building a new measurement system to track employees and associated expenditure by business, decreased the amount of data managed by 2/3 through formulas and vlookups, and used excel to consolidate the data into pivot tables and to build financial statements • Led the cost allocation team in presenting the quarter-close and year-end numbers to upper-level financial managers, assisted in 2016 financial planning, executed billing through the IBS software system, managed regional uploads into Hyperion, and led the quarter-close tie-out process • Worked with a team of five finance and IT employees outside of regular work hours to consolidate and analyze all of GE’s financial data contained in the “Data Lake” into a usable dashboard for finance managers, completed a weekly macroeconomic newsletter, and participated on the professional development and community service committees • Developed a new template for the consolidation of expenditures to present to finance managers in each business • Built five comprehensive guides for the FMP role and trained the team in Hyperion, IBS, and Financial Intelligence

Partner

2015 - 2015

• Team member responsible for investing $500,000 in student-founded startups in New England • Logistics Lead: Implement and manage internal processes for meetings, pitches, and overall organization • Community Engagement Lead: Facilitate DRF presence at community events, actively scout opportunities to get involved in Boston community and area campuses

Marketing Intern

2014 - 2015

• Assist in the creation of the TechGeneration program by developing the technical framework and by helping to build out the student brand ambassador program • Create and maintain the Campus Recruitment Guide website for the TechGeneration initiative • Run logistics and marketing for events including the 2014 NEVY Awards with extensive use of Yesware and Eventbrite • Research, update and develop new databases and contact lists, develop presentations, and manage scheduling

Assistant Director of EIP

2014 - 2015

• Connect students with startups for internship experience and facilitate a pitch day for students to learn about the companies • Build and manage a marketing template for future program directors • Use Constant Contact to write newsletters and act as a point person for mitigating student concerns

Research Assistant

2013 - 2015

• Develop research criteria to assess recognition of cultural ambiguities in global leaders to determine if they are more adept at solving conflicts • Assist in the development of an International Corporate Volunteerism Program