Kathleen Estreich
Partner at Pear Investor
Kathleen Estreich
Partner at Pear Investor
Los Altos, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
Managing Partner / Cofounder @ MKT1
2021
Through MKT1 Capital, we aim to make it easier for marketing angels to invest, and easier for founders to get value-add marketing operators on their cap table.
Co-Founder / Marketing Advisor
2020 - 2024
MKT1 helps SaaS founders and marketers drive growth. We advise startups on go-to-market strategy and mentor early-stage marketers through our leadership programs.
Angel Track
2021 - 2021
Angel Track cohort 8.
VP of Marketing & Operations
2017 - 2019
As part of the executive team, I built and led the Marketing, HR, Recruiting, Finance, Legal and Business Operations functions as the company scaled from seed stage to post Series A.
Director, Chief of Staff
2015 - 2016
I worked across the organization to lead and drive strategic projects and company operations. Key projects included leading the roll out of a new company goals process, aligning functional goals and cross functional initiatives and leading the day to day of the leadership team's operations and communication. I led and managed the Recruiting, Customer Support and People Operations teams.
Senior Manager, Platform Marketing & Programs
2013 - 2015
Led the Platform Business team including platform marketing, developer programs and partnerships. Created and led Box Dev, Box's first stand alone developer conference, with over 1,000 developers. Managed several programs and partnerships to engage the developer ecosystem and attract more devs to build on the Box Platform. Launched new platform products including Box View, Box Metadata and Box Developer Edition.
Marketing Manager
2007 - 2013
Worked across various teams within marketing including Corporate Communications, Platform Marketing and Recruiting Programs Marketing. Led the team that managed all marketing efforts for recruiting, including messaging, employment branding and events for the 250+ recruiters around the world. Led co-marketing efforts with various partners, including Skype, Bing, Pinterest, Spotify and others. Managed communications strategy and execution for various launches around engineering, open source projects, corporate initiatives, user growth and infrastructure.
Education
BA
2003 - 2007