Kathryn Arnold

atie founded and leads SPRIG Consulting, LLC.
She is a strategic marketing professional with over 25 years of healthcare experience.
Katie has worked with over 250 medical technology companies ranging from venture-backed start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Throughout her career, Katie has focused on the entire spectrum of marketing needs: from early stage market development strategies to downstream launch execution and commercialization efforts.
Projects led by Katie range from business plan refinement and market opportunity assessments to development of marketing strategies that include corporate/product positioning and brand development.
Katie has demonstrated an aptitude for delivering flawless launch execution and commercialization strategy implementation in the US, EU and AP geographies.
During her consulting tenure, Katie is proud to have named numerous medical companies, products, and technologies.
Prior to consulting, Katie had a successful career with Guidant Corporation (acquired) and Kensey Nash Corporation (acquired) launching new, novel technologies, such as thrombus management catheters, embolic protection devices, and coronary stents.
Prior to working in medical technology, Katie spent six years in health care risk management for two major medical malpractice companies: CNA Insurance Companies and MMI Insurance Company.
In her role, Katie worked directly with physicians, hospital administrators, health care systems, and managed care organizations.
Katie holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management where she was awarded the Health Industry Management Scholarship for recognition of her leadership in the health industry.
Katie is currently an adjunct Faculty member at the Kellogg School of Business, where for nearly a decade she has been a highly rated faculty member teaching medical product commercialization and financing.