CV of Kat Beaulieu, CEO
Experiences, Things Learned, and Major Awards
My entire career has been spent in service. I believe that it is the sum of the whole that make the entire story. Here are some of the pieces.
CEO, Tapestrata Inc
April 2021- Present
Teams aren't made by excellent individuals, they are made by individuals working together excellently. Service to an organization is service to all of it's people. Minimal Impact, maximum output is always our goal. Tapestrata specializes in Inventory and Warehouse services, Event Management, Integrated Systems, and Blockchain Technologies.
VP of Operations, Scout Inc.
January 2016 to April 2021
Running daily operations at a small SaaS company. Product Management, Implementations, Customer Success, Project Manager, Technical writer. At a small company, apparently, one wears a lot of hats.
Senior Technical Support Specialist
January 2015 - January 2016
Software and hardware support engineer for liquid polymer 3D printers. Onsite, client based service. Software and network troublshooting.
Senior System Support Analyst
July 2014- December 2014
Supported all corporate and POS hardware and software. Troubleshooting complex issues on antiquated systems. If I can be frank, This was an IT department run by non-IT people, thus I was only there 5 months.
Tier 2 Corporate Desktop Agent - Geeksquad/Best Buy
August 2012 - June 2014
Corporate Desktop and Laptop Support. I learned a lot from the culture of the Geek Squad. "under Promise and Over Deliver", "Never say 'I don't know'". The culture that was from it's founder that the brand was made on. Invaluable experience.
IT Training Specialist
September 2011- March 2011
Hardware and Software Upgrade for chain of Grocery stores. Training employees how to use the new software.
Cook, D'amico Catering
October 2008 - February 2008
I returned to the US one month before the crash. I went back to cooking, which I had done in my teens and early 20's only to remember why I left the profession.
English Teacher, Dong guan/Guangxi China
June 2006 - August 2008
I had an opportunity to travel and live in a foreign country. I taught one year of Primary English and one year to college students.
Farm Operations technician, Hog Island Oyster Company
March 2005- December 2005
I found myself living in a small town on the northern Califonia coast and the Oyster fam was hiring. I have never worked harder physically in my entire life. I was the only native English speaker on the crew and I got to ride a boat a mile up a pristine bay every morning.
Lead Software Developer, Beer Engineering
January 2004 - June 2004
Developed robotics application software.
Generated software requirements and source code. Designed documents and procedures including user manual.
Regularly communicated results to project manager and engineers.
Trained end-users in software use and implementation.
B.A. Computer Science, University of Minnesota
September 1999 - May 2003
Aside from computer programming, I studied Spanish and visual arts.
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