Katie joined Momentum Venture Management as an administrative manager with extensive experience working with start-up ventures. In 1998 she opened a boutique intellectual property law firm with three attorneys in Indianapolis. After turning a profit in the first year in business, she successfully aided in its merger with the second largest law firm in Indianapolis. Katie then became the first employee for Gazelle TechVentures, a new venture capital firm based in Indianapolis. In 2000, she joined UNX, Inc, an agency brokerage firm in Burbank, California, where she served in various roles in administration, marketing, patent & trademark law, electronic trading and compliance. Katie majored in psychology and minored in business at Purdue University.