Kathryn Lawler is a Director at Daversa and leads the firm’s Boston practice in her home state of Massachusetts. She advises founders, CEOs, and investors on executive talent strategy, partnering with them to architect leadership teams that scale with ambition. From first critical hires to full executive team builds, Kathryn works as a strategic thought partner to high-growth companies navigating inflection points, complex markets, and rapid expansion. She has built a strong network across the deep tech ecosystem nationwide, earning a reputation for connecting transformative leaders with category-defining businesses.

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Kathryn brings deep experience building executive teams across defense technology, space infrastructure, artificial intelligence, government technology, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, and other complex, frontier tech sectors. She has partnered with companies including Impulse Space, General Motors, Apex Space, Slingshot Aerospace, Hawkeye360, Epirus, IonQ, Maxar, and Red Cell Partners to place senior leaders across both technical and commercial functions. In addition to her work in deep tech, she advises high-growth companies operating at the intersection of science, software, and applied innovation — reflecting her broader focus on backing visionary founders wherever meaningful innovation is taking shape.

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Kathryn graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications.

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