Kathleen Gilligan

For over 25 years, Kathleen's leadership approach has built successful organizations in enterprise and channel sales, marketing, communications, training, and executive management. During her career, Kathleen has consistently demonstrated an ability to drive revenue and gain market share in very competitive environments, with companies ranging from early stage, venture backed start-ups to public companies.

Relevant Experience:

• Kathleen spent ten years at Symantec Corporation as the company grew from $64M to $750M. She held a variety of management roles at Symantec, encompassing sales, training, and finally, the leadership of a $10 million shared services organization that provided training, communications, and marketing services to a worldwide customer base.
• Kathleen was Vice-President of Sales for On Demand, a startup in the partner relationship management space that was later sold to Chordiant.
• More recently, Kathleen served as vice president of sales for AMR Research, a research firm advising Fortune 500 clients on supply chain and manufacturing strategies. In that role, she was responsible for driving business in strategic accounts including IBM, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, and Eli Lilly. Kathleen grew revenue from the existing account base by 122%.
• Kathleen has worked as an executive coach and mentor through the Growth and Leadership Center and Small Business Incubator, and as an advisor to pre-revenue technology startups on revenue generation and sales force development.
• Kathleen served as a member of the board of directors for Kurant Corporation from 1999-2001.

Educational Background:

University of Massachusetts at Lowell

Stanford University AEA Executive MBA program