Kalie Nitzsche, MBA

I attribute my success to a combination of advanced education and professional credentials, extensive experience in enterprise sales, including my time at Adobe, along with persistence and a readiness to take on any task necessary to build and run a company effectively.

I would tell young women entering this industry to just go for it. Pursuing big ideas can be scary and risky, but we only have one life, and building something meaningful that helps people is incredibly rewarding. There will be tough days, but persistence and a positive attitude are key. I’ve only been at this for two years, and the journey isn’t easy, but taking the leap and keeping going is what truly matters.

One of the biggest challenges and opportunities in my field is the growing inability to confidently verify who you’re interacting with online. As more of our lives move into digital-first environments, from dating and hiring to marketplaces and ride-sharing, the stakes of getting identity wrong have never been higher. At the same time, advances in AI and impersonation technology are making deception faster, cheaper, and harder to detect, while the systems and policies meant to protect people haven’t kept pace. This gap creates a critical need and a massive opportunity to build trusted verification infrastructure that brings accountability back to online interactions. The future of the internet depends on shifting from assumption to verification as the default.

The values most important to me in both my work and personal life are grit, resilience, and leading by example. As a mother, I’m deeply committed to being present and showing my daughter that women are capable of building, leading, and shaping the world around them—no matter the obstacles. I believe in a “keep going” mentality, especially when the odds are stacked against you, because that’s where real growth and impact are created. That mindset carries into how I build my company: with tenacity, purpose, and a refusal to accept the status quo. Ultimately, I want my work and my life to demonstrate that persistence and belief in yourself can turn even the hardest challenges into something meaningful.