Kate Besser

Kate Besser serves as the Head of Business Operations at Chainalysis since May 2024, following experience in corporate operations at Databricks from May 2022 to May 2024. Besser held various managerial roles at LinkedIn between October 2019 and May 2022, including Manager of Business Transformation and Sales Innovation Manager, as well as Senior Insights Analyst. Prior experience includes serving as Mergers and Acquisitions Manager at Walgreens and Director of Strategy & Business Development at Tribune Publishing Company, where leadership included operations for Speciate AI. A former Experienced Associate and Manager at PwC, Besser managed a global data analytics team with a $20M+ budget. Besser began a career in the US Navy as a Current Operations & Logistics Officer. Academic credentials include an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy.