Katie Waters

Katie (Bramante) Waters, MBA, serves as the Senior Director and Global Procurement Leader at Red Hat, following a progression through various roles in global procurement. With prior experience as Director and Senior Manager in the same field at Red Hat, Katie has also held positions at Cree as Strategic Sourcing Manager and at IBM in multiple capacities including Senior Global Commodity Manager for System X Memory Devices and Procurement Cost Management Leader. Katie began a career in procurement at Modern Marketing & Commerce as Direct Materials Buyer. Academic achievements include a Master of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management and Marketing from NC State Poole College of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and Marketing from Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman School of Management.