Kate Sperber

Kate Sperber serves as the Vice President of Operations for WhaleShark Media, a company based in Austin, Texas, that connects consumers to discounts and coupons for retailers across the United States. Under Kate Sperber’s direction, the company has grown into one of the leading marketplaces for consumer deals. The WhaleShark Media portfolio includes several coupon websites that collectively receive more than 300 million visitors each year. Her company received start-up capital from some of the most prominent firms in Austin, Texas, as well as Google Ventures and Adams Street Partners. The firm maintains a dedication to providing the best discounts to consumers without any hassle. Kate Sperber joined the WhaleShark Media team after leaving Yahoo!, where she first functioned as a Director of Global Advertiser Product Marketing and then as a Director of Category Solutions for the Americas. An alumna of Johns Hopkins University, Kate Sperber began her career as an Editor at SIRS Publishing, Inc., now ProQuest Information and Learning, shortly after graduation. She subsequently secured a position at Bankrate, Inc., as an editor. She earned a promotion to Marketing Manager, Bankrate.com, and then completed a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management. She returned to Bankrate as Senior Director of Performance-Based Products and later as Vice President of Performance Products and Analytics. When she's not working, Kate Sperber enjoys traveling and spending time with her friends and family in the greater Austin, Texas, area. She also regularly practices yoga and helps advance Parkinson’s disease research through her support of the Parkinson’s Unity Walk.