Katherine Hays

Ms. Katherine Hays has over 20 years of experience in the digital media and entertainment sector. In 2003 she co-founded and then served as COO and CFO of in-game advertising platform Massive Inc., where she created and executed the company’s overall strategy with specific accountability for worldwide operations, technology and product development, strategic planning, and finance. She ultimately led the company’s sale to Microsoft in 2006 where she then served as Senior Director with both the Microsoft Startup Labs and MSN through 2008. Ms. Katherine Hays became Chief Executive Officer of visual effects software creator GenArts where she served as CEO and Board Member from private equity firm Insight Partners’ original investment in 2008 through the company’s sale to Boris FX in 2016 while growing the company to be the number one provider of special effects software for the professional market worldwide. She was most recently founder and CEO of peer-to-peer marketing platform Vivoom Inc. and began her career at Goldman Sachs where she was an equity research analyst covering the media sector. The Harvard Business School published a case study on her journey starting and building Massive Inc. and she has served as a guest speaker at The Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, and Stanford University. Ms. Katherine Hays graduated from Princeton University and The Harvard Business School.