Spike Katora

Spike Katora has extensive experience in product and technology roles. Spike is currently the Chief Product Officer at Venatus, a global advertising technology platform focused on gaming and entertainment. Prior to this, they were the Head of Product and Technology at Venatus from January 2020 to February 2023. Before joining Venatus, Spike held similar roles as the Head of Product and Technology at Consulting from January 2019 to January 2020, Bark.com from September 2018 to December 2018, and Zeta Global from 2011 to September 2018. Spike also co-founded and worked as a Product co-founder at Vivo from 2009 to 2013. Prior to their entrepreneurial venture, Spike worked as a Senior Project Manager at Fireman Creative from 2008 to 2011. Spike started their career as a Research Technologist at Carnegie Mellon University from 2004 to 2005 and later worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft from 2001 to 2003.

Spike Katora attended Carnegie Mellon University from 1998 to 2001, where they focused on Technical Writing and Communication. Later, in 2006, Spike attended Swinburne University of Technology for Communication Design. In August 2019, Spike obtained the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification from the Project Management Institute.