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Kate Astor · Senior Technical Leader · Cloud & Data Platforms
Senior technical leader in cloud and data platforms, enterprise modernization, and executive escalation, with $5B GMV impact.
Who she is
Cloud & data · enterprise modernization
Kate is a senior technical leader across cloud and data platforms and enterprise modernization, with a track record of executive escalation and $5B in GMV impact. This is a peer page, not a sales page. SideGuy works the opposite end of the spectrum from enterprise, so this is mostly about keeping good people who ship at scale in the network.
What a SideGuy does for Kate
Where a SideGuy could ever be useful in her orbit
- A small-business referral, if it ever comes up — Kate operates at enterprise scale. SideGuy is the opposite end: the human tech/automation layer for small local businesses. If a founder or small team in her orbit ever needs that, here is the no-BS option.
- Notes from the operator trenches — Always happy to compare notes on AI and automation at the small-operator end. Different problems than enterprise, sometimes useful signal.
- A real connection, no funnel — No pitch and no funnel here. Just keeping people who actually ship at scale in the circle.
Kate ships at enterprise scale. SideGuy works the small-business end of the same problems, so this is a peer connection more than anything. No pitch. If a small team in her world ever needs a hand, the door is open.
Want to try a tech department for an hour?
First hour is free. No Calendly · no meeting · neighbor to neighbor.
Either way · first hour is free. Text PJ at 858-461-8054. No Calendly · neighbor to neighbor.
Find Kate publicly
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- LinkedIn: Kate Astor
- Company: Senior Technical Leader · Cloud & Data Platforms · Enterprise Modernization
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