Reliable, meticulous, and hard-working—Kate meets the description of an “Operator”-style personality to a “T.” With a background spanning finance, product, operations, and more, Kate can get under the hood of virtually any business and make sure it’s running like a well-oiled machine. As CEO, Kate is responsible for guiding the continued trajectory of Ruby, exploring new ways in which we can add value to the small businesses. Kate has 25 years of experience in technology, telecom, and finance, and has helped over 75 companies build and capture over $4Bn in enterprise value. Her previous roles include Managing Director of the Technology Group at Piper Jaffray, Director of the Technology Media & Telecom Group at Houlihan Lokey, and CEO roles at both Jentro and Centerpost Communications, Inc. When not at work, you can find Kate in a co-ed soccer game, climbing a17,000-foot peak, crossing the Everest icefall, tackling a 550-mile bike ride, or adding another passport stamp to her collection of more than 60 countries.

If it keeps the Ruby ship moving forward, it’s probably Stephanie’s doing. As COO, she’s responsible for the legendary Ruby employee experience, and for developing systems that ensure our company’s continued growth. Stephanie brings deep experience in developing high performing teams and scaling businesses. She’s a music lover (and former acapella group leader), a great outdoors lover (she’s all about hiking in the Pacific NW with her family), and a graduate of the University of Virginia (in the state for lovers).

As an endurance athlete, every day you’ll find Jace running or biking somewhere around Portland. As CFO, most days you’ll find him running numbers around Ruby. Jace develops enterprise business analytics to help shape Ruby’s future growth, as well as managing day-to-day tactical business execution. If it sounds complicated, it is. But he’s been doing it for over two decades, working in strategic finance at Intel, and as Finance Director in the retail e-commerce sector. We still don’t know how he finds time to squeeze in all the running and biking.

Technology moves at the speed of innovation. Katherine seems to move just a little bit faster than that. From degrees in Computer Science at UC Berkeley, to an MBA from Oxford, she moved into roles in product management at Ancestry.com and AAA. Her work at Ruby focuses on designing products and services that put the human connection first and foremost. As if that wasn’t enough, in 2017 Katharine was recognized with the Best Contributor Award by PDX Women in Tech for her contributions to PDXWIT, App Camp for Girls, and the PDX Mentorship Program. She makes the rest of us look like we’re going in slow motion.

Reliable, meticulous, and hard-working—Kate meets the description of an “Operator”-style personality to a “T.” With a background spanning finance, product, operations, and more, Kate can get under the hood of virtually any business and make sure it’s running like a well-oiled machine. As CEO, Kate is responsible for guiding the continued trajectory of Ruby, exploring new ways in which we can add value to the small businesses. Kate has 25 years of experience in technology, telecom, and finance, and has helped over 75 companies build and capture over $4Bn in enterprise value. Her previous roles include Managing Director of the Technology Group at Piper Jaffray, Director of the Technology Media & Telecom Group at Houlihan Lokey, and CEO roles at both Jentro and Centerpost Communications, Inc. When not at work, you can find Kate in a co-ed soccer game, climbing a17,000-foot peak, crossing the Everest icefall, tackling a 550-mile bike ride, or adding another passport stamp to her collection of more than 60 countries.

If it keeps the Ruby ship moving forward, it’s probably Stephanie’s doing. As COO, she’s responsible for the legendary Ruby employee experience, and for developing systems that ensure our company’s continued growth. Stephanie brings deep experience in developing high performing teams and scaling businesses. She’s a music lover (and former acapella group leader), a great outdoors lover (she’s all about hiking in the Pacific NW with her family), and a graduate of the University of Virginia (in the state for lovers).

As an endurance athlete, every day you’ll find Jace running or biking somewhere around Portland. As CFO, most days you’ll find him running numbers around Ruby. Jace develops enterprise business analytics to help shape Ruby’s future growth, as well as managing day-to-day tactical business execution. If it sounds complicated, it is. But he’s been doing it for over two decades, working in strategic finance at Intel, and as Finance Director in the retail e-commerce sector. We still don’t know how he finds time to squeeze in all the running and biking.

Technology moves at the speed of innovation. Katherine seems to move just a little bit faster than that. From degrees in Computer Science at UC Berkeley, to an MBA from Oxford, she moved into roles in product management at Ancestry.com and AAA. Her work at Ruby focuses on designing products and services that put the human connection first and foremost. As if that wasn’t enough, in 2017 Katharine was recognized with the Best Contributor Award by PDX Women in Tech for her contributions to PDXWIT, App Camp for Girls, and the PDX Mentorship Program. She makes the rest of us look like we’re going in slow motion.