SEMPO Institute is the latest of new ventures Ms. Donovan has been involved. Her first was Course Technology in 1990. Hired as one of the first sales people for the hybrid text and software company, she was there before the first textbook was published and grew with the company until after it was sold to Thomson. Since then she has been involved in multiple new product and company launches – both as a direct hire and as a consultant. The majority of which have been successful. The mix has included profit and not-for-profit, b2b and b2c, and products and services. Her 20+ years of sales, business development and marketing experience is reinforced with her educational background. Katie graduated with a BA in Economics from Holy Cross College and an MBA with Distinction from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley College.