SAN FRANCISCO, CA — February 24, 2025 — HG Insights, a leading provider of AI Data Go-to-Market insights to 90% of tech companies in the Fortune 100, today announced the appointment of Kate Scolnick as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Scolnick brings 20 years of strategic financial leadership and corporate governance experience guiding senior executives and strategizing paths forward.
As a key member of the executive team, Scolnick will support HG Insights’ rapid growth, cost optimization, and transformative initiatives by driving financial strategy, overseeing all aspects of financial operations, managing remote teams, and partnering closely with cross-functional leaders to align financial objectives with the company’s vision and goals.
“As we scale HG Insights to the next phase of growth, we are excited to welcome Kate as our new CFO,” said Rohini Kasturi, CEO of HG Insights. “She brings extensive financial leadership experience across public and private companies, including guiding a VC-backed company through a successful IPO. Her expertise will be instrumental in driving our financial strategy and operational excellence, strengthening our ability to deliver AI-powered Revenue Growth Intelligence to our customers and paving the way for our next stage of innovation and expansion.”
“The opportunities in the revenue growth intelligence market are only just beginning,” Scolnick added. “I’m excited to join HG Insights at this stage of their journey as they continue to expand on their unique data offering and support their customers. With my extensive background in the financial sector, I’m hoping to bring a unique perspective to their strategic business model and build upon the vision they’ve set in motion.”
Most recently, Scolnick served as CFO of Owlet, Inc., where she played a pivotal role helping to prepare the digital health company through a successful initial public offering, while establishing public-company operating and reporting cadence, and partnering across the enterprise on financial strategy. As Owlet’s CFO, Scolnick reduced annual operating expenses by 50% and accelerated the cash conversion cycle from nearly six months to one week.
Before Owlet, Scolnick served as Vice President of Finance at Anaplan, a leading provider of enterprise cloud software, where she led financial planning and analysis, global sales finance, and global procurement. In addition, Scolnick oversaw an operating planning framework to support $400M ARR, steered expansion investment decisions, and helped to facilitate closing a $50M international acquisition.
From 2012 to 2019, Scolnick held roles as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Seagate Technology LLC, and later as Acting Chief Financial Officer. As SVP of Finance and Treasurer, she repositioned a $2 billion balance sheet to elevate agency ratings to investment-grade levels, while fueling a 55%+ stock price appreciation. As Acting CFO, she controlled financial operations covering a $10 billion profit and loss, managed a team of nine senior-level direct reports and a broader team of 600 staff.
Earlier in her career, Scolnick played key finance and investor relationships leadership roles at McAfee and Intel on both sides of their $8 billion merger and acquisition deal.
ABOUT HG INSIGHTS
HG Insights is the only solution that provides the precise Revenue Growth Intelligence required to make strategic, game-changing decisions that translate to operational teams, leading to efficient revenue growth and retention.
HG’s AI-driven datasets consist of technology usage, spend, buying groups and intent that can be customized to specific market categories, and translated into high-propensity targeting. 90% of Fortune B2B Tech companies and all major hyperscalers rely on HG Insights as the critical drive for their go-to-market strategy in crowded markets.
