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Kate Makrigiannis

Kate Makrigiannis

I build great products,
lead strong teams,
and make delivery predictable

14 years turning ambiguity into outcomes across healthcare, defense, and enterprise. Currently exploring product leadership roles.

Goldman SachsKaiser PermanenteHome DepotZendeskU.S. Space ForceVMwareAllstateWeWorkStubHubKessel RunPivotal LabsGatsbyJSAutoTraderB LabRise8ArtiumCarinaFLUXX Health

Where I've worked

Deep experience across four domains.

Healthcare

FLUXX, Sperity,
Kaiser Permanente

Regulated product delivery in clinical, wellness, and health education environments

Defense

U.S. Space Force, Kessel Run, USAF

Modern software practices inside government organizations with high-security requirements

Enterprise

Goldman Sachs, Zendesk, Home Depot

Platform products at scale, from internal tooling to customer-facing systems

AI & Product

Artium, Agentic Skill Workflows & OpenAI Certifications

AI-assisted workflows, agent systems, and integrating ML into product strategy

Product case studies

Outcomes across healthcare, defense, and enterprise.

Launching FLUXX: An AI-Powered Menopause Platform screenshot
0-to-12024-2025

Launching FLUXX: An AI-Powered Menopause Platform

Director of Product (Fractional)

MVP live in under 6 months. 47% engagement and 800+ quiz completions, above typical early-healthtech benchmarks, driven by intent-based re-engagement rather than guilt-driven notifications. 38% drop in quiz abandonment. Organic search nearly tripled month over month. AI recommendations validated against a 20-member Clinician Advisory Board.

Designing a Wellness MVP for Biomarker-Driven Preventative Care screenshot
0-to-12024 - 2025

Designing a Wellness MVP for Biomarker-Driven Preventative Care

Director of Product (Fractional)

Took the product from a Wix site to a functioning, HIPAA-compliant MVP validated with an 18-member first cohort. The Sperity Score gave members a single daily metric instead of a data dump. Built 5 member personas, service blueprints, and onboarding journey maps, and left behind delivery rituals the team runs without a fractional leader.

Delivery Transformation: Reduced Cycle Times screenshot
turnaround2023 - 2024

Delivery Transformation: Reduced Cycle Times

Principal Product Coach

One portfolio cut 12 weeks of delivery cycle time, traced directly to blockers value stream mapping surfaced. Coached 70+ teams across 9 portfolios. Aligned 300+ product org members on roadmaps, roles, and rituals. Rated 'Excellent' by leadership and called 'a visionary and a person of action.'

U.S. Space Force - Platform Delivery Modernization screenshot
turnaround2024 - 2025

U.S. Space Force - Platform Delivery Modernization

Product Portfolio Lead

MVP cycle time fell from 6 months to 2 weeks, a 92% reduction, because the OA bottleneck was broken once for everyone rather than worked around team by team. First app reached production. Trust restored across engineering, security, and leadership.

Let's talk about what
you're building

Currently exploring product leadership roles. If you're building something ambitious, I'd love to hear about it.

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