Katie Pennington

Head of Client Innovation at Cecilian Partners

Speaker

Katie is Head of Client Innovation at Cecilian Partners, where she drives strategic client success and product leadership for Lot Vault, the industry’s enterprise platform redefining how builders and capital partners manage land banking operations. In a market where manual workflows and siloed systems have long limited visibility and execution, Katie champions the digital transformation of processes that unlock clarity, speed, and control across takedowns, approvals, reporting, and collaboration.

With close to two decades immersed in residential development, land use, and placemaking, Katie brings firsthand experience from both homebuilding and large-scale community development. She previously worked at David Weekley Homes and on the development team at Daybreak, one of the nation’s leading master planned communities. That background shapes how she approaches innovation today, grounded in a deep understanding of how land, product, and operational decisions play out in practice.

Katie is fluent in the operational DNA of land banking and land light strategies, and excels at translating client challenges into scalable, workflow driven solutions. She works closely with builders and capital partners to ensure technology reflects the real-world complexity of land pipelines, contract structures, and shifting market conditions.

Her approach bridges strategy with execution, helping industry leaders preserve capital, manage risk, and adapt confidently in slower absorption environments. Katie brings pragmatic innovation and operational insight to every engagement, empowering clients to replace manual drag with automated, data driven processes that support smarter decisions and stronger performance.