Kathryn Smith
Kathryn Smith is the Chief Product Officer at Creditsafe Group and a big advocate of putting the customer at the centre of everything we do. She is responsible for leading the product strategy at Creditsafe and how different functions like sales, marketing, tech and data collaborate to effectively deliver the product roadmap.
Kathryn joined Creditsafe in October 2021. Since then, she has played an instrumental role in executing the corporate strategy and leading company-wide projects including the delivery of new solutions like KYC Compliance and data analytics to our suite of business intelligence solutions. These solutions our customers to successfully mitigate financial and regulatory risk, identify lucrative opportunities and thrive, no matter the economic landscape.
Kathryn has over 20 years of experience leading and managing product management, strategy and R&D global teams and a proven track record in product portfolio transformation, continuous improvement and defining strategies for new markets and product innovation. Kathryn spent the first 12 years of her career in the USA at leading financial services & software firms like Charles Schwab, Hyperion and UBS. At UBS she was Director of Products for corporate wealth management and is the named person on patents for financial reporting and analytics solutions. Upon her return to Ireland Kathryn joined the management team at AdaptiveMobile where she helped grow an early-stage technology company into a successful global player.
Prior to joining Creditsafe spent 6 years at Axway a leading API platform & MFT software vendor where she was Head of R&D for API Management Products and then Vice President of Portfolio & Product Management.
Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in from University College Dublin. She is credited for product patents and holds multiple patents and professional accreditations including Project Management Certifications in Risk and Cost Management from Boston University and Certifications from the Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute.