Katherine has been coaching startup and small manufacturing businesses for the past five years as owner of ROC City Consultants. Her clients have included startups in clean energy, novel materials for technology advancement and consumer product innovations and services. She has worked with small manufacturing companies in the areas of tool and die, batteries and development of new manufacturing test equipment. Prior to running her own consulting company, Katherine had the opportunity to work at Xerox. She has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from University of Rochester and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Williams College.