Kate Flynn
Founder And Strategist
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKate Flynn is a founder and strategist with 10 years of leadership experience building and scaling healthcare and dental technology businesses. She has repeatedly launched and exited companies—founding Whole Smile Labs and leading Shannon Orthodontics from two rudimentary locations to a private equity sale at a 10x multiple—and most recently started kf&co while serving as COO/owner of a 3D printing dental company. Trained as a clinical psychologist with a PhD and postdoctoral work in autism research, she blends evidence-based human-centered design with operational rigor to build repeatable processes and growth systems. Kate is skilled at translating clinical and research insights into scalable business models and operational playbooks, and she brings hands-on experience across clinical services, digital labs, and manufacturing workflows. Notably, she pairs deep academic training in behavioral science with practical M&A and ops experience, making her a strategist who understands both people and profit.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Applied Clinical Psychology, Master of Science - MS, Applied Clinical Psychology at University of South Carolina AikenUMBCBachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology at University of Missouri-Saint LouisPostdoctoral Fellowship, Autism Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Autism Research at Michigan State University
Github Skills (12)
idris9
sandbox9
hpc-applications9
metadata9
mappings9
data-management8
environmental7
conda7
statement7
data-catalog4
security4
forum4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DLFMetadataAssessment/EnvironmentalScan
Jun 2017 - Jul 2021
Environmental Scan Child Site
Contributions:17 PRs, 11 pushes, 12 branches in 4 years 1 month
securityscanchildenvironmental
DLFMetadataAssessment/Framework
Sep 2017 - Jul 2021
Contributions:27 PRs, 22 pushes, 22 branches in 3 years 10 months
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