Katie Wilson
Founder, Sales & Marketing Consultant/Advisor (Former Google Head of Sales) at Serious Moonlight Consulting
Technology
Education: UCSB
Temecula, CA, USA
Biography
Katie is the founder of Serious Moonlight Consulting. A sales & marketing leader helping tech and retail companies achieve sustainable growth. After leaving big tech (15 years at Google as a Head of Sales), she has been able to help a variety of startups, retailers and individuals untangle and demystify their sales and marketing processes.
Katie has been featured on @Google Talks, Wonder Women Tech and is on the advisory board for UC Riverside’s Design Thinking course and Wonder Women Tech. She is known for her unique blend of creative and analytical thinking. She has interviewed over 400 would-be Googlers and helped launch LVMH’s first ecommerce site.
Passion
Live music, future of tech and ads, vintage clothes, vinyl, musical theater, rock and roll, Peleton, paddle boarding.
Featured Video
I am willing to travel
More than 100 miles
When it comes to payments
I always get paid for speaking
Topics
Best Story
How I left 15 years in Big Tech to start on my own as a consultant and find work/life harmony.
How I started a new Google office and hired hundreds of would be Googlers.
Leadership lessons from Big Tech, the Barbie movie and Theater.
Origin Story
Katie rose through the tech industry working in luxury ecommerce, non-profit agencies and landing a role in the early days of Google ads. She has led teams and launched new offices while at Google. She led the LA regional sales team with a focus on eComm & CPG clients, managing over $300M revenue quarterly, over $1B annually in revenue across top tier Google ads clients. She now has gone off on her own to coach and advise startups, retailers and individuals on their sales and marketing strategy through Serious Moonlight Consulting.