Kate Agnew is a Sr Director of Platform Engineering at Marriott, where she manages the enterprise Kubernetes and Service Mesh platform. Prior to Marriott, she held a similar platform leadership role at Optum, and has had multiple other leadership and technology positions at smaller startups and larger organizations. She obtained her BA from Macalester College and MBA from MIT. Outside of work, she serves as a city council member and is passionate about making a positive impact in her community.