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Kate McGee

Born August 7th, 1985 in Albuquerque New Mexico her name was Kathryn Thelma McGee. Her family was devout members of the Church of Later Day Saints. She renounced the religion when in 2002 at age seventeen. That same year she attended Utah Valley University from 2003-2007. She was married at eighteen to Alberto Reyes, now a street and paparazzi photographer.

She started working as a Editorial Graphic Designer at Salt Lake Magazine in 2006 where she did page layout, feature story designs, help with populating the publishing companies website and assisted at photoshoots. Following she did contract work for many years before moving to the Upper East Side of New York City on September 15th of 2009. Her husband Alberto and her had only decided two weeks earlier to move to New York City. Kate worked for a variety of Media Companies including Audible and Viacom.

In 2009 Kate McGee, Adda Birnir and Jonathan Soma entered into the New York Big Apps competition and won third place best over all app.

In 2010 she started Balance Media with Adda Birnir. The two had worked previously at and agency and at MTV as contractors. and Their first office was a small 10'x6' room rented to them for free a few blocks from Union Square Park. They specialize in design and development for media companies. Their clients included, VH1, ProPublica, New York Times, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, WNYC and the Huffington Post.

In 2011 Kate and Adda started Skillcrush with partner Jonathan Soma and Jennifer McFadden. The four entered in the Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp, which they and four other companies participated in a three month incubator. By 2013 Kate left the company due to health reasons.

Late in 2013 Kate McGee joined 12 Spokes as a Product Manger, at a Ruby on Rails Application Development Agency. In 2014 12 Spokes was acquisition by Instructure, Kate moved to working with the new company.