Kathy M. Long

Track record

Thirty years of making things run.

2024 to now

NixIt AI

Founder and CEO

  • Leads product and runs Shape Up cycles; builds product and front-end features with AI-assisted development alongside the engineering team.
  • Shipped a professional portal for coaches and programs: client profiles, forms exchange, scheduling, and session notes.
  • Shipped a free consumer platform with consent-based Circles, shared calendar, goals, and Pathfinder, plus an SMS-first AI assistant.
  • Android app live on Google Play. Role-based seat pricing on Stripe.
  • 50+ customer discovery interviews. Selected for a Colorado state vocational rehabilitation pilot.

2023 to 2025

Farmshare

Chief of Staff and General Manager

  • Ran operations for a Techstars-backed platform modernizing independent meat processing during high-growth scaling.
  • Hired 9 people in 4-week cycles and had them fully productive in 30 days. Cut operating costs 15% month over month.
  • Wrote and secured a $250K state grant.
  • Built the first structured onboarding program: onboarding time down 30%, 30-day active use up 465%, and 4x net revenue retention.
  • Rebuilt the go-to-market motion and cut time to close from 113 to 87 days.

2021 to 2023

Engine

Manager, Account Management

  • Led the #1 performing team of 4 regions, 9 direct reports. Hit 155% of the 2022 target.
  • Reduced account churn 8% and captured an additional 30% wallet share during onboarding.
  • Rebuilt the KPI framework, driving a 71% improvement in regional performance.

2017 to 2021

Guardian Life

Manager, Account Management

  • Managed the team supporting an $18M ARR portfolio.
  • Led the Finance Focal initiative: uncovered $1.25M in billing discrepancies, projected to improve cash flow by $12.6M over 12 months.
  • Managed the client migration from legacy data centers to AWS without disruption.

2015 to 2017

CenturyLink

Senior Strategic Enterprise Relationship Manager

  • Circle of Excellence, top sales rep.
  • Grew total billed revenue 106% for 20 consecutive months.

Before that

The long way

Telecom in Chicago and Colorado, a cloth diaper business of my own, and a year at a children's hospital. The full story is here.

Recognition

  • 2GI International Accelerator, AI Pitch Competition winner, 2025
  • Women's Venture Challenge finalist, 2026
  • TVX SBDC Accelerator graduate, 2024

Voice

  • Contributor, Colorado AI News, "Human Input" column
  • Women in AI Colorado: former advisory board member, ongoing contributor
  • Speaker, NDI Disability Owned Convening, 2026
  • Speaker, Next Steps Neurodiversity Expo, 2027

Education

  • MA, Organizational Leadership, University of Arizona. 4.0, graduated with distinction
  • BA, Communications and Public Relations, The University of Toledo