KB

Katie Bullard

President, Red Canary

Austin, Texas

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $350,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Work Experience

2023

  • President

    2023

2023

  • Advisor

    2023

  • Advisor

    2023

2022 - 2023

  • Managing Director

    2022 - 2023

    As an Operating MD at Insight Partners, I partnered with visionary founders and CEOs at that pivotal ScaleUp moment to help them realize their vision, scale for efficient growth, and build a world-class team. Board member at Jedox, LawVu, Leapsome, and Board Advisor at QuotaPath and Mural.

2022 - 2022

  • Interim CEO

    2022 - 2022

    Served as Interim CEO of Mural while an MD at Insight Partners

2019 - 2022

  • President

    2019 - 2022

    (ACQUIRED BY VISTA EQUITY / PLURALSIGHT) Responsible for driving the growth of the market-leading consumer and enterprise cloud skills development platform. In 18 months, we grew from less than $25m ARR to over $120m ARR through a combination of both organic and inorganic growth, including the acquisition of Linux Academy - fueled by a world-class community-led enterprise growth model. 50%+ organic YoY growth, 130%+ NRR, and 70+ NPS. Backed by leading investors, including Bain, Summit, and Elephant. 2021 Top 50 LinkedIn Startup and BuiltIn #1 Best Place to Work in Austin. Merged with Pluralsight in late 2021.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

2016 - 2019

  • President & Chief Growth Officer

    2016 - 2019

    As President and Chief Growth Officer, my role was to accelerate DiscoverOrg’s (then rebranded to ZoomInfo) dramatic growth through leadership of corporate strategy, product, marketing, customer success, engineering, learning &development, and business development. Powered DiscoverOrg’s rapid evolution from a $30M boutique data business to a $300M industry powerhouse through both organic and inorganic growth, including the acquisitions of RainKing and ZoomInfo and subsequent rebranding of the company. Honors: 2017 SIIA Marketing Team of the Year, 2018 SLMA Top 20 Women in Business to Watch, 2019 NDC Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology Backed by leading investors including TA Associates and The Carlyle Group ahead of successful IPO.

2011 - 2016

  • VP - Product, Marketing, & Corporate Development

    2013 - 2016

    Mitratech promoted me to build and lead the growth functions – Including product management, marketing, corporate development, and sales development – from the ground up. I led through a period of significant M&A activity (including 3 acquisitions in 6 months) and organic growth as we scaled from $20m to $100m ARR. The firm had a highly successful exit from Vista Equity Partners to TA Associates in late 2015.

  • Chief of Staff & Senior Director, Strategic Programs

    2011 - 2013

    Served as Chief of Staff and Key Operational Transformation Leader during the acquisition of Mitratech by Vista Equity Partners, leading all strategic cross-functional initiatives, value creation plan execution, acquisition integrations, strategic planning, voice of the client programs, sales operations, corporate training, and recruiting.