Katharine Knott, MBA

Experience

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  Mom’s Day Out

  May 2010 - Sept 2012

  Business Owner
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  Hudson School District

  Mar 2013 - Aug 2016

  Water Saftey Instructor

  • Taught 50+ students ranging from 3-15 years old fundamental swimming skills in accordance with American Red Cross standards • Lead 5 to 10 instructors and their classes in the instruction of water safety concepts• Functioned as a lead lifeguard responsible for enforcing pool rules, opening and closing pool and determining lifeguard rotations.

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  NELSON'S ICE CREAM, INC.

  Apr 2016 - Aug 2016

  Ice cream Server
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  L3 Technologies

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Industrial Engineering Intern

  • Developed an application utilizing SQL and VBA with an emphasis on a shop orders life, used on factory floor defining for managers the exact location, budget status, and schedule status in three seconds. • Recipient of Manufacturing Operations ‘Outstanding Achievement Special Operations’ Award & L3Harris/NASA Space Grant Scholarship

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  L3Harris Technologies

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Industrial Engineering Intern

  • Developed an app utilizing SQL & VBA with an emphasis on human capital planning used on factory floor predicting for managers how much workforce a work center would need for a week to maximize staffing arrangements. • Produced a weekly report for mangers including incoming work, current work, workforce capacity and staffing recommendations based on work center employee experience rating and efficiency. • Researched & defined factory capacity needs, produced a customized equation to drive efficiency in workflow. Show less

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  Proative Test Prep

  May 2020 - Sept 2020

  Tutor/Founder

  • Developed a business plan, advertising platform and tracked performance data for an ACT tutoring and college preparation business.

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  Care.com

  Aug 2020 - Sept 2021

  Private Child Care Provider
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  Kate Knott Speaking

  Jul 2021 - now

  Founder, CEO

  • Founded company and designed a four-year STEM focused curriculum to teach high school students about STEM. • Networked with local high schools and colleges on services provided, drafted invoices, and managed billing. • Present monthly to an average of 40-60 high school students from the Twin Cities area.• Founded scholarship program, drafted and published scholarship application. Awarded first scholarship in 2023.

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  University of St. Thomas

  Sept 2021 - Nov 2021

  ODEI Graduate Data Analytics & Research Intern

  • Developed interactive dashboards tracking campus operations, produced weekly reports detailing research, analysis & recommendations, and monitored the health and awareness of DEI on campus. Software used: R, Excel

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  Mayo Clinic

  Sept 2021 - Apr 2022

  Consultant Team Lead; Mayo Innovation Partner Scholar

  • Led a team of 4 undergraduate students, serving as a consulting team for a medical device startup company. • Used data analytic background to provide strategic recommendations for a clinical trial launch.

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  Abbott

  Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  Manufacturing Engineer I

  -Worked on the manufacturing execution system deployment team. Consolidating SAP paper routers by 50% allowing for opportunity to streamline operations-Executed builds for a corrosion strategy; a strategy which was a key factor for verification of a new Welder which increased welding capacity by 400%. -Wrote a PQ strategy for the new welder; executing training and build activities, managed tensile testing, data analysis & report drafting-Assisted in improving the tooling purchasing process by adding parts to SAP & performing respective Software Validation activities-Managed training documentation for the MES Deployment team on current state processes and documentation-Drafted MES routes using CSS language Show less

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  LMI

  Jul 2022 - now

  - Served as synthetic data SME. Queried synthetic data reports for clients to protect PII & CUI information.- Developed dashboard enabling clients to compare 3 office restructuring solutions based on space density, complexity of execution, and space utilization. Space usage efficiency went from 65% to 95%.Provided training to a team of 5 client employees empowering clients to maintain dashboard & data in-house for the first time.- Developed dashboard to track swing space & efficiency comparing budget & timeline over a 32 phase / 3 year reorg. - Led a town hall training on people analytics & PowerBI, & large language models- Led a community of practice training on AI & Chat GPT Show less -Developed a dashboard addressing staffing demands against branch expertise and availability highlighting staffing areas of strength, weakness and opportunity in workforce planning.-Own & maintain the Public Health Workforce Planning & Staffing tool. -Led and implemented data interpretation, analysis and the building/managing of automated reporting frameworks that align with clients strategic goals. -Developed, published and trained clients to a standard operating procedure for a mandatory quarterly data posting allowing the client to have ownership over data and meet the deadline consistently for the first time in agency history. -Supported the strategic planning for agency wide internal DEIA conference, led data analysis for agency at conclusion of event. The success of the event secured funding for the event two times in the next fiscal year. -Led the data analysis of clients support & retention tools. -Selected as 1 of 6 LMI graduate fellows. Completed year long leadership program, trained in leadership communication, strengthsfinder, conflict management, proposal writing and mentoring. Show less

  • Consultant - Human Capital Simulation and Forcasting

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Senior Analyst - Human Capital Strategy

    Jul 2022 - Oct 2023