Michele is the VP of Marketing at Kinetica, where she is responsible for all aspects of marketing, including marketing communication and branding, public relations, events, product marketing, and lead generation programs. Michele joins Kinetica from MapR Technologies, where she served as Vice President of Corporate Marketing. Prior to MapR, Michele led the marketing team at PARC, a Xerox company. She was also a principal with Indigo Partners, developing and executing successful marketing strategies to drive growth for a variety of technology companies. Earlier in her career, Michele held marketing positions at Linuxcare, Apple, NeXT, Rand McNally, and Strategic Mapping. Michele received an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.