I’m Katie & this is my story

I didn’t set out to be a business owner.

As a kid, I wanted to either work for the FBI or I wanted to be a marine biologist.

Somehow, I ended up in early education, running tutoring centers for PK-10th grade. Running the business in the morning, then teaching kids and managing staff in the afternoon.

After 4 years, I thought, “what am I doing? I studied Marketing!”

So I joined Yelp as their first Account Manager, supporting all the site’s advertisers.

Within 3 months, I’d proven the concept of an Account Manager and I was asked to quickly hire, train, and manage a team of AMs.

That started a 10 year journey at Yelp. Scaling Customer Success, leading global training efforts, and being the go-to with product and ad delivery.

I was ready to get back to building and I joined Opendoor, a real estate tech company in San Francisco. As their Head of Learning & Development, my first priority was management and leadership development.

But there was an inner voice calling for a change.

In 2018, I had my son and two things became clear to me:

• I wanted to be a mom who could pick up their child from school

• I wanted to focus on truly energizing work

In 2020, I founded Endurance Management Coaching as I began my journey towards coaching certification.

By January 2021, I’d devised my exit from corporate work and doubled down on becoming self-employed so I could be the mom I wanted while maximizing my energizing work.

Now I work with individuals and organizations on what I love most: people development. I couldn’t be more grateful to be able to do this work.

Other fun facts about me:

• I’ve completed over 30 triathlons, including 12 Ironman 70.3

• I train and ride a Paint horse named Sierra

• I have 4 sisters and was born and raised in California