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Kathleen Poe

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Senior Director, Services, Nike Sports Research Lab at Nike
📍 Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States

Kathleen Poe is the Senior Director of Services at the Nike Sports Research Lab, focused on making elite athlete science accessible to all. Her career is rooted in disruptive innovation, previously building a portfolio of new businesses for Nikes incubator and consulting at Innosight. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Kathleen has a demonstrated interest in the development of young athletes. She has actively sought out girls high school soccer coaches and players in the Los Angeles area to provide feedback on new service concepts and prototypes, indicating a passion for youth sports.

She leads the NSRL Form project, a service that brings lab-grade biomechanical analysis to runners in retail stores, which started from a prototype in a colleagues garage.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Services, Nike Sports Research Lab
Job Level
Senior
Location
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States
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Democratizing Sport Science
Her work focuses on bringing insights from Nike's research lab, previously reserved for elite athletes, to the general public through new services.
Runner Biomechanics
She leads the NSRL Form project, a tool using high-speed cameras and algorithms to provide everyday runners with detailed analysis of their movement patterns.
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Career

Work history

10-2020
Senior Director, Services, Nike Sports Research Lab
Nike
1-2019 - 10-2020
Lead Entrepreneur, Nike Valiant Labs
Nike
3-2015 - 12-2018
Senior Portfolio Director, Nike Valiant Labs
Nike
12-2011 - 3-2015
Principal
Innosight
6-2010 - 12-2011
Manager
Innosight
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Media appearances

Nike Footwear & NSRL Form Innovation Panels | 2023 Chicago Marathon Weekend. Featured in Heartbreak.run blog
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Education
2005 - 2007
MBA
MIT Sloan School of Management
B.S.
Cornell University
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