Primary Job Title Co-Founder & CEO Primary Organization ActiveViam
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Female
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Kathy Perrotte is a leader in the financial services and technology industries, advocate for women’s rights and supporter of victims of domestic abuse.
In 2005, Kathy co-founded ActiveViam, a global provider of data analytics software that meets the unique needs of financial institutions. She was named Chief Executive Officer in 2021. She was a
leader of the team that organized the February 27, 2024 majority investment of ActiveViam by Nordic Capital. She remains CEO and a member of the Board of Directors.
Under her direction, ActiveViam has extended its record of innovation with new SaaS solutions and Direct Query, a “first of its kind” BI platform supporting a hybrid mode allowing users to seamlessly query and analyze data stored both in-memory and directly in an enterprise-grade database, such as Snowflake, Big Query or ClickHouse. As CEO, she has transformed siloed, regional teams into global operations.
In previous roles, she was responsible for the company’s operations and commercial activity in the Americas. Her technical expertise and business acumen have been instrumental in establishing new market-changing initiatives, such as the introduction of the capital markets’ first automated settlement platform for syndicated bank debt, the rollout of ActiveViam products to new markets, and expanding the firm’s sell-side customer base to include central counterparties and buy-side clients. In 1997, Kathy co-founded Summit Systems, a vendor of software for banks’ front-office operations and trading desks. She is a graduate of SUNY Binghamton.
In all her roles and as a current member of Chief, Kathy has been a strong advocate for women's rights and has mentored many women in technology. Kathy is current co-treasurer and past chair of the Center for Safety & Change Board of Directors, a non-profit agency she has actively supported for more than two decades. The Center provides life-changing programs and services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking in Rockland County, NY.
She was recognized on the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 and with the 2023 Woman in Technology Award in Software & Services at the Banking Tech Awards USA.
