Katherine Webster

Katherine Webster is the CEO & Founder of VetsinTech (VIT), a nonprofit that supports our current and returning veterans with Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship programs, and by connecting them to the national technology ecosystem. Under Katherine's leadership, VIT has grown to over 20 veteran led chapters across the U.S., gained support from more than 50 top tech companies to hire and train our veterans, military spouses and active duty service members. These efforts have resulted in a community of thousands of veterans both interested and working in technology careers, many helping future returning veterans into tech jobs around the country. Katherine has led the efforts in raising millions of dollars used to support veterans programs and training for thousands of veterans, active duty, and military spouses in cybersecurity, web development, cloud computing, professional development, and more. VIT has been invited to and recognized by the White House and Department of Labor for their innovation and leadership in creating new programs for veterans in the technology industry. VIT has also received a Certificates of Special Recognition from Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, a Certificate of Recognition from Assemblyman David Chiu, and two Certificates of Honor from the Mayor and Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco. In 2010, Katherine founded TechCentralSF as San Franciscos exclusive online directory resource and collaborative community for High Tech, Biotech, and Cleantech with over 1,000 start-up companies listed. Katherine garnered support throughout the tech ecosystem, created media partnerships and ran community events to support the local startup community. Katherine also received a Certificate of Honor from Mayor Gavin Newsom for leadership in creating this tech ecosystem in San Francisco. Prior to VIT and TechCentralSF, Katherine was in leadership positions at Sun Microsystems for 16 years where she was responsible for Global Strategy and Market Development where she launched Sun into new E-Commerce and Education markets which each created $1B+ additional revenue to Sun.