Kara Watada

Kara Watada is an accomplished marketing professional with extensive experience in brand and product marketing, currently serving at Yahoo since May 2024. Previous roles include Head of Growth at Out&Back Outdoor, Inc. (2020 - 2024) and Sr Venture Catalyst at VF Venture Foundry (2021 - 2022). Earlier positions at VF Corporation involved serving as Sr Manager/Director of New Business Models from January 2019 to January 2021, and director of off-premise at Chipotle Mexican Grill (2014 - 2019). Additional experience includes roles as Account Director at Fear Not, LLC (2012 - 2014), Client Services Lead at Deloitte Digital (2011 - 2012), Account Manager at The1stMovement (2011), and Account Manager at Factory Design Labs (2008 - 2011). Kara holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a double degree in Marketing and Japanese as well as an International Business Certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder, complemented by a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Marketing, and International Business from the same institution and Sophia University.