Katherine Williams

Primary focus on building, facilitating, and fostering a CIO leadership community within the Greater Chicago Region. Thoughtfully building a trust-based network of long-term relationships with CIOs from the world largest organizations, and strategically coordinating content and vendor selection to support in-person and virtual community gatherings. Achievements: 2024: Awarded Gartner Community Top Achiever (Top performer across the Evanta Community Segment) with 119% Attendance Quota Attainment. Hosted the highest attended Executive Summit globally, achieving 121% year-over-year growth in in-person programs. 2023: Achieved 164% Attendance Quota, hosting the highest attended CIO Executive Summit in North America, resulting in 140% year-over-year growth in in-person programs. 2022: Awarded Gartner Global Community Top Achiever (Top performer across the Evanta Community Segment). 2022: Gartner Winner Circle Achiever with 132% Revenue Quota Attainment |154% Attendance Quota Attainment. 2021: Gartner Winner Circle Achiever with 132% Revenue Quota Attainment |105% Attendance Quota Attainment.

I work with our Chief Data and Analytics communities across North America to facilitate in-persona and virtual peer gatherings. Collaborating with Chief Data and Analytics Officers at the worlds leading organizations to ensure each gathering is uniquely driven "By CDO's, For CDO's" while aligning them with the best service providers who can help drive the strategic initiatives.

Evanta is a Gartner Company, the world's leading research and advisory firm. A division of Gartner Conferences, Evanta creates exclusive communities of C-level executives from the world's leading organizations. These networks are built by and for C-level executives to share ideas, validate strategies and solve critical leadership challenges through peer-to-peer insight and collaboration. Evanta's trusted communities serve CIOs, CISOs, CHROs, CDOs, CMOs and CFOs around the world.

- Instructed engaging Krav Maga classes to adults and children, lead seminars and private events, while ensuring the safety of all the participants. - Restructured the entire Youth Program at the school which led to a 30% increase in 2019. -Participated in physical and mental continuing education courses to stay on top of an ever-changing curriculum. - Restructured the entire Youth Program at the school which leads to a 30% increase in 2019.

- Revamped the membership sales process and trained junior sales associates, leading to a 206% increase in total sales. - Converted 250 members in 3 years by creating automation marketing focused on driving growth, engagement, and sales. - Established the company's online blog and contributed to over 15 articles aimed to engage prospects and retain members. - Created company's first KPI reports that lead to a consistent 20% - 50% increase in sales year over year for 3 years. - Graphically designed most of the company's media including the current logo, website, and marketing materials for events. - Launched an email automation strategy to improve new member's onboarding process and retain clients. - Plan and implement 15 major events, 3 sold-out seminars, and women’s self-defense classes each year.

- Worked with multiple clients to develop plans and strategies for care based on their strengths and needs. - Motivated clients to be independent by teaching them social skills, independence skills like money management, and provided helpful feedback to promote life skills.

- Reconstructed dendrites in 3-dimensions using a program called Reconstruct, to analyze the synaptic area between normal and unhealthy tissue. - Initiate and manage research projects under minimum supervision. - Analyzed large data set using statistical models to advance research in the neuroscience field.

I received a Bachelors of Science in Psychology and a minor in Biology, with a strong focus in Neuroscience. During my undergrad, I participated in two different research labs, both in the psychology and neuroscience department. In addition to course work and research, I was also an active member in Phi Beta Chi, a professional women's organization. Here I gained career and leadership experience by holding numerous officer and chair positions.