Katy Coffey

Katy Coffey is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of WatchGuard. In this role, Katy is responsible for guiding business performance through financial planning and analysis (FP&A), optimizing and providing world-class support to the organization, and contributing to the M&A process.

Katy is an experienced professional, spending the majority of her career in the technology industry. Before becoming the WatchGuard CFO, she spent 4 years as the corporate controller. Prior to joining WatchGuard, Katy was the director of finance at Glowforge, a hardware start-up in Seattle. Prior to that, she spent 6 years at Tableau Software, building a best-in-class accounting department and supporting their IPO and SOX implementation. She began her career in public accounting at Ernst & Young.

Katy holds a Masters in Accountancy from Gonzaga University.