ecosystem / people / leora-katz
Leora Katz on the TechTO stage

Leora Katz

Founder, Gordie

ProductLos AngelesOn TechTO stages since 2020

Leora Katz is the founder of Gordie. She spent six years at BuzzFeed as a product manager, senior PM and then staff PM, after four years at Toronto's Checkout 51 where she rose to Director of Product. She spoke at TechTO Product in 2020 on how to build a product process that survives contact with a changing world.

On the TechTO stage ×2

First seen on the TechTO stage in 2020. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Leora

In their words

before i even start working with engineers on a project is coming up with like a list of data questions that i know i'm gonna have once the thing is live

TechTO Product, Aug 2020 · watch at 06:17

you think you're automatically going to be getting some like data for free and then you launch your tool and it's not there

TechTO Product, Aug 2020 · watch at 06:57
A few quotes can’t cover everything Leora said on the TechTO stage. 1,600+ talks are searchable.Ask about Leora

Around the web ×1

Quick answers

What does Leora Katz do?

She is the founder of Gordie and is based in Los Angeles. Before founding it she spent six years in product at BuzzFeed, finishing as a staff product manager.

What is her Toronto connection?

She was a product manager and then Director of Product at Checkout 51 in Toronto from 2013 to 2017, and earlier ran experiments at Postmedia Labs.

What did she present at TechTO?

"Perfecting your product process" at TechTO Product in June 2020 — setting timelines, estimating effort and measuring impact when the process is always a work in progress.

Suggest an edit
This is you? Claim this profileAsk to be removed
Know someone who belongs here? Suggest a profile
Maintained by TechTO · facts sourced and dated · last reviewed Aug 17, 2026