# Anne Murray

> Anne Murray is the Executive Business Partner in the Office of the CEO at Karat, the Seattle company that runs technical interviews as a service for companies hiring software engineers. She is the person who keeps a fast-moving executive suite running: calendars, communications, relationships, and the thousand small logistics behind a Series C startup. Before Karat she spent years as a senior executive assistant to C-suite leaders at Outreach and Zillow Group, ran her own consulting shop, and worked inside the studio that built Second Life. She is also connected to Karat's Brilliant Black Minds initiative, the company's mission to open access to engineering careers.

- **Role:** Executive Business Partner, Office of the CEO at Karat
- **Organizations:** Karat, Urban Consulting Group, LLC, Outreach, Zillow Group, Nofsinger Group, River Forest Financial, Linden Lab, WE Communications, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley, Seattle Pacific University, Shorewood High School
- **Known for:** Serves in the Office of the CEO at Karat, a company valued at over $1 billion, Nearly seven-year tenure supporting the C-suite at Zillow Group during its high-growth years, Co-founder of an independent consulting practice, Urban Consulting Group

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Co-founded Urban Consulting Group, LLC
- **2014-2021** — Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Corporate Relations Officer at Zillow Group
- **2021-2022** — Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Revenue Officer at Outreach
- **2022** — Joined Karat as Executive Business Partner in the Office of the CEO

## Achievements

- Serves in the Office of the CEO at Karat, a company valued at over $1 billion
- Nearly seven-year tenure supporting the C-suite at Zillow Group during its high-growth years
- Co-founder of an independent consulting practice, Urban Consulting Group
- Connected to Karat's Brilliant Black Minds program and its 2024 Interview Accelerator cohort

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Recognized among members of the Brilliant Black Minds x DocuSign Interview Accelerator Summer 2024 cohort
- **2022-06** — Joined Karat as Executive Business Partner in the Office of the CEO

## Links

- Website: https://karat.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/annecmurray

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Last updated: 2026-07-01