A technically-grounded, women-led consulting firm built for public health agencies, research organizations, and mission-driven software platforms.
Kayvea was founded on a simple observation: the hardest part of any complex system isn't the technology — it's the gap between what was built and how people actually work. We exist to close that gap.
We are a technically-grounded, women-led consulting firm built for public health agencies, research organizations, and mission-driven software platforms. We don't parachute in with frameworks and leave. We embed, we get our hands dirty, and we stay until things actually work.
Our team brings together expertise in data informatics, systems implementation, change management, and documentation — with a bias toward action and a commitment to leaving every engagement better than we found it.
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Kate Burdekin is a trained informaticist with deep experience leading data and systems initiatives inside complex NIH research programs at RTI International.
She built Kayvea because she kept seeing the same problem — technically sound systems that failed to land with the people who had to use them — and knew there was a better way to solve it.
Based in Durham, North Carolina.
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Kristin Williams is a public health analyst with 15+ years of experience managing complex, multi-site projects for federal clients — including NIH and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
At Kayvea, she runs engagements end-to-end while owning the firm's internal operations and delivery infrastructure, bringing technical fluency and a track record of building strong client relationships across diverse stakeholders.
MPH from the University of Pittsburgh. Based in Pittsburgh, PA.
We're built to outlast any one person. Our brand language and engagement structure reflect that.
We don't outsource the hard thinking. Every engagement is led by someone who understands the systems.
AI accelerates the work — it doesn't replace the thinking. Every engagement uses AI under careful judgment, with documented governance.
Advisory means advisory. We don't take ownership of execution we can't fully resource.
Woman-Owned Small Business certification, current and active.
NAICS 541519 (primary), 541611 (secondary).
Formal AI Governance and Acceptable Use policies referenced in client and employment agreements.
If you're navigating a complex implementation, sitting on data nobody can use, or watching a platform fail to land — we should talk.
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