About me
In a nutshell
Hi there, I'm Katherine! I’m a product designer, artist, and ex-founder. After hours, I run my own illustrative clothing brand called Meridrop, making cheerful clothes for creative people.
Professional life
Currently, I'm working at Opendoor's enterprise arm (Mainstay) as a product designer.
Before that, I co-founded Formfunction, a platform for independent creators to sell digital art. At Formfunction I played a multi-hyphenated role as CEO, sole designer, people manager, and head of comms, product, operations, and everything in between.
In our first year of operation, we helped independent creators and artists earn $5 million by selling their digital art, and built a beautiful product with one of the best user experiences in the web3 space. Internally, I led our $4.7M seed round fundraise from firms like Variant Fund and Pear VC and grew our team to 10 people.
Previously, I was a product designer at Instagram, where I designed products to fight against online bullying and harassment. During my college years, I studied human-computer interaction, psychology, and philosophy at Stanford University.
Personal life
When I’m not designing or making things for Meridrop, I like to play ukulele, forage for mushrooms, and pick up new and increasingly complicated creative hobbies (most recent: learning 3D modeling). I also teach 3D modeling workshops every month at my local makerspace, Sequoia Fabrica.
I build most of my side projects (e.g. Minymon, Harken) with my friend Matt, who was also my co-founder for Formfunction and an incredible engineer. Together, we’ve built 3 Top Products on Product Hunt.