Kathryn Giudes

Kathryn Giudes (formerly Kathryn Foster) has over 20 years of experience creating and running large internet-based businesses, starting in the late 1990s on Windows Update. She was senior director of e-commerce strategy in supply chain and managed the sales & marketing team at Microsoft Store online.

Prior to that, for the inception of the Xbox Games Marketplace, Ms Giudes set business vision, strategy and drove the technical execution around digital and physical supply chain technology and operations to enable Xbox’s billion-dollar business globally.

She was the managing director of Foster Consulting, a boutique consulting firm focusing on strategic initiatives and direction.

Ms Giudes holds Bachelor of Science in International Marketing from Oregon State University and is an Associate of Science, Computer Science and Information Systems from Shoreline Community University.