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Kate D'Orazio

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Head of Product at BuildQ
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Kate is the Head of Product at BuildQ, an AI platform for financing renewable energy projects. With a background from Oracle and Microsoft, she specializes in launching production-grade AI services. A Harvard graduate, she has led major initiatives like Oracles OCI Generative AI platform and has a track record of scaling products to millions of users.

Outside of her primary role, Kate is deeply engaged with the startup ecosystem, having spent time advising early-stage AI companies. She has a strong academic foundation in psychology, graduating with high honors, which informs her approach to understanding end-user needs and product adoption. Her husband, Kevin Merlini, is also in the tech industry.

Unique fact: Kate was elected to the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa society as one of the top 24 Juniors at Harvard University.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Head of Product
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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AI in Renewable Energy
As Head of Product at BuildQ, she is building an AI-powered intelligence platform specifically for renewable energy infrastructure financing.
Generative AI Products
She led the creation of Oracle's OCI Generative AI (LLM platform) and shipped the first LLM-powered feature for Oracle Health.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Head of Product
BuildQ
1-2021 - 4-2025
Senior Principal Product Manager
Oracle
12-2019 - 11-2020
Director
PubMatic
10-2018 - 12-2019
Product Manager, Outbound | Azure AI
Microsoft
10-2016 - 10-2018
Product Manager, Growth | Cortana
Microsoft
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Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Harvard University
Microsoft Professional Program for Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Academy
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