The Team

Kate Kurlas

Prior to launching The Kurlas Group, Kate Kurlas spent over 12 years in executive management, leading the marketing, sales and operation teams for several non profits, including The Granada Theatre and Santa Barbara Symphony. An award-winning director, Kate specializes in all aspects of marketing, sales, website and graphic design. An expert in strategic planning, Kate prides herself on working with clients as a project manager and facilitator, working to establish solid brand positioning and long reaching revenue-generating marketing plans. Recognized by Pacific Coast Business Times “40 Under 40 Top Business Professionals”, Kate has worked with local businesses guiding them through rebranding, business development and implementing successful marketing campaigns. Recently Kate expanded her portfolio to include talent management for the entertainment industry. Former President of Santa Barbara Beautiful, Kate continues to dedicate her free time giving back to the Santa Barbara community through volunteer work and raising her 5 year old daughter.

Soudy Khan

UX/UI Speciailist
Soudy Khan is a seasoned hands-on Product Design and Development Leader, specializing in UX. He has been Head of UX for two VC backed companies (one acquired), and two public companies, including LifeLock (both acquired for a total of more than $2.6 Billion). He built the UX team at Toast from zero and wrote their first UX style-guide (their valuation recently topped $4.8 Billion). Soudy taught the post-graduate UX Immersion course at General Assembly and his students now work for the likes of Fidelity, IBM, Code+Theory, DISH, and Evernote.

Maimoona Block

Marketing Director
Maimoona Block has 18+ years of experience in consumer and tech startup marketing. While her background spans all types of marketing activations, her passion is helping clients better connect to their user base through social media, ad buys, and content creation. Drawing on her experience at  Sony Playstion, Alteryx, and Asana, Maimoona is an expert in SEO and target driven marketing initiatives. She also specializes in data driven solutions and works closely with clients to oversee successful project management from onboarding to completion.

Ruben Mislang

Website Developer
Ruben has over 20 years of agency experience as a graphic designer and web programmer serving clients in a variety of industries from museums, tech startups, eCommerce, non-profits and universities. He has led the planning and development of nearly 100 websites involving complex eCommerce solutions, Content Management Systems, Search Engine Marketing, and 3rd party integration. Ruben spent a few years with Cisco as a Project Manager for the front-end development team where he gained exposure to enterprise level processes. When not working (which is rare) Ruben likes to barbecue, golf and play guitar (badly) for his family.