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Rafferty first joined technology startups in 1997 working with Microsoft’s WebTV Networks, a web access set-top box for the television. She then joined Macromedia supporting the launch of revolutionary software products like Dreamweaver and Flash. Next, she took Ubiquity Software, maker of the SIP-application server, public on the London Stock Exchange in 2005, and then sold it to Avaya. She then joined the executive team responsible for the brands The North Face, Vans, JanSport, Reef, and Eagle Creek and made a name for herself on the executive leadership team at Beats by Dr. Dre with its historic sale to Apple for $3B.  

Now she works with startups, leaders, and investors focused on space and autonomy. She advises Xona Space Systems, Eartheye Space, and ANT61. She is on the Independent Investment Committee for Seraphim Space Ventures Fund II and a Senior Advisor (Space) for New Vista Capital.