Kate Blair
Director, Incubation And Technology Experiences, IBM Research
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolKate Blair is a research-driven product and technology leader currently directing Incubation and Technology Experiences at IBM Research in Cambridge, MA. With a background spanning PhD-level biochemistry and product leadership across academia, biotech, and enterprise software, she specializes in translating deep scientific insight into scalable digital platforms and experiences. At IBM she has progressed from senior product roles to program director and now incubation lead, shaping AI, healthcare, and collaboration innovations and building talent-development programs for product managers. Previously she scaled product organizations and won major contracts as Chief Product Officer at Seven Bridges, blending domain expertise with business-facing execution. Known as a "citizen, scientist, maker of things," she brings a hands-on, maker mentality to strategic initiatives and cross-functional team-building. Her unusual combination of academic rigor and applied product strategy makes her adept at turning complex research into usable, mission-driven products.
1 year of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Biochemistry, PhD Biochemistry at University of CambridgeBS Biology (with distinction) magna cum laude, BS Biology (with distinction) magna cum laude at Yale University
Github Skills (9)
ai-agent10
python10
llm9
ai9
typescript9
compose7
api7
fastify6
mlflow1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
i-am-bee/bee-observe-connector
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 push in 4 months
i-am-bee/.github
Dec 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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