Annie McCarter
AI Strategy & Product | MBA (AI) from Kellogg | Engineering Leader
Annie McCarter is an MBA candidate in the MBAi Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering, specializing in the application of artificial intelligence to business strategy and operations.
Prior to her MBA, Annie spent four years at McMaster-Carr in progressive engineering and leadership roles. As a Software Engineering Manager, she led a team of four engineers focused on automating customer service systems, designed the implementation strategy for LLM integration into order processing, and delivered automation that eliminated the equivalent of five full-time positions. Earlier in her tenure, she built a server-side cache library in C# that improved response times by over 80% and architected warehouse automation systems processing 70,000 daily orders.
Annie is pursuing AI product strategy through internships at Overtone and ESAB, where she applies her engineering foundation to emerging AI applications in industry.