Katrina (Kate) Pugh, Ph.D., works, researches and lectures at the intersection of AI, collaboration and business strategy.  She is a Weaving Futures Partner and is president of AlignConsulting. Since 2011, Kate has taught at Columbia University’s Information and Knowledge Strategy’s M.S. Program, and was its former Academic Director. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Tufts University Gordon School of Engineering Management. She has taught and consulted in manufacturing, financial services, high tech, life sciences, environment, and global health She has taught and consulted in manufacturing, financial services, high tech, life sciences, environment, and global health. She held leadership positions at consulting firms Monitor, OliverWyman, EY, and PwD, and at Fidelity, JPMorgan, and Intel. Key clients include Fidelity, Intel, Medtronic, Oceanic Global, Pfizer, PwC, Australia DFAT, The Task Force for Global Health, United Nations, The World Bank, and WWF. She is fluent in French. Her research, “Designing Effective Knowledge Networks” (MIT Sloan Management Review,), and her book Sharing Hidden Know