Chief Product & Technology Officer
Karie Kelly
20+ years scaling PE-backed SaaS companies through periods of significant growth and change.
I take products from 0 to 1, AI and non-AI, from strategy to monetized revenue. Most recently I served as Chief Product Officer at Studio Designer and Chief Product & Technology Officer at Unifocus, with earlier product leadership at WebPT, IBM Watson Health, and Phytel.
Sponsors bring me in when product and technology need to start driving enterprise value: professionalizing the product organization, shifting from reinvestment to profitability, integrating acquisitions, and getting the platform ready for diligence.
My operating rule is W.I.N., What's Important Now: put investment behind what moves value this quarter, and stop funding what doesn't.
Core competencies
- Platform consolidation & marketplace growth
- PE value creation & exit readiness
- AI strategy & monetization
- SaaS commercialization & pricing
- Human-agent operating model & org design
- Board & C-suite advisory
- Regulatory compliance & security
Industries
- Healthcare & HIPAA-compliant SaaS
- Hospitality & workforce management
- Design & creative marketplaces
- Public sector & government health services
Open to full-time CPTO and fractional / operating partner roles.
Work samples and AI product prototypes are available to hiring teams on request.