Kate Kruger

Kate is a principal in the EY-Parthenon Education practice. With more than a decade of experience in management consulting, she focuses on growth strategy, commercial due diligence and value creation. Her clients include education-focused companies (tech and services), universities and private equity firms.

She focuses on market opportunities for technology and service vendors in K-12 and higher education in areas such as back-office software, classroom software, publishing and curriculum, assessment, data analytics and AI solutions. In addition to K-12 and higher education, Kate is proficient in enterprise learning, including training and certification vendors in areas such as leadership, IT, cybersecurity and others. She has also led back-to-school operational improvement engagements for education companies and universities.

In addition to her client work, Kate oversees the Boston Office for the EY-Parthenon practice.

She graduated from Harvard University and has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

How Kate is building a better working world

Kate is committed to providing practical and nuanced insights about education markets to help companies and their investors serve and empower learners around the world. She leverages her knowledge in technology and service vendors in K-12 and higher education to drive strategic initiatives that enhance educational outcomes and operational efficiency for her clients.