42: Popforms CEO Kate Matsudaira shows us How to Shine at Work

Kate Matsudaira is an experienced technology leader.  She worked in big companies like Microsoft and Amazon, 3 successful startups (Decide acquired by eBay, Moz, and Delve Networks acquired by Limelight), before starting her own company Popforms.  Having spent her early career as a software engineer she is deeply technical and has done leading work on distributed systems, cloud computing and mobile.  However, she has shown herself as more than just a technology leader by managing entire product teams, research scientists, and building her own profitable business. She is a published author, keynote speaker, and has been honored with awards like Seattle’s top 40 under 40.  She sits on the board of the ACM Queue, maintains a personal blog at katemats.com and helps curate the Technology and Leadership newsletter http://www.techleadershipnews.co