Kathryn Powers
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Current Position:
Datto Inc.
Senior Events Coordinator
**** – present
-Acting as the primary planner for employee and partner focused events. Traveling to Datto offices to execute planned Grand Opening Parties. Hiring caterers, entertainment & decor long distance while managing our budget. Manage all aspects of the event including registration materials & the attendee registration platform. Utilizing electronic registration platforms including Meetup, Cvent and Google Forms for events. Teaching teammates the Cvent platform. Continue to manage monthly happy hour events and acting as main planner for our East Greenbush NY and Rochester NY holiday parties bi-annually. Acting member of the events team for our Global Sales Kick Off planning for 2019-2021.
-Currently focusing on virtual events and creating ways for employees to be engaged while working from home including virtual DJ Night, Employee Pet Show, Chewbacca Zoom Calls for May the 4th and Lip Sync Battle. Due to limited staff I am also learning out billing platforms and have basic skills in Zuora, Netsuite and Sales force. I am fairly savvy and able to learn new technology quickly.
Previous Positions Held at Datto:
Datto Inc.
Event Coordinator
2017 – 2019
-Coordinating & assisting with execution for internal events for Datto including monthly happy hours, Datto U employee training events, Datto's Anniversary events and team off site events. Promoting events by engaging with employees across all departments & build business relationships with my co-workers to ensure we work collaboratively on events to make all parties involved are happy with the end result of planned activities. Creating vendor relationships and adding caterers to our rotation to reduce food costs. Assisting to large event and main planner for internal happy hour events.
Datto Inc.
Human Resources Coordinator
2016 – 2017
-Employee on-boarding coordinator and travel arranger to our internal monthly training program ‘Datto U’ for employees. Assisted all employees with basic office information and act as a contact for our new employees to find internal information portals. Developed employee relations skills to provide better internal customer service to our employees and arranged meetings for other members of the HR department. Coordinated intern housing & planned events for them to attend to through the duration of their internship. Delivering our benefits package orientation for new employees and answering questions regarding our covered services.
Datto Inc.
Administrative Assistant
2015 – 2016
-Managed our food service vendors and expenses by submitted payment requests in timely manner with purchase orders/invoices. I created business partnerships with restaurants & caterers to arrange premium pricing for our free lunch Friday program for 400 employees. Prepared materials for our monthly internal training class and staged lunches & set happy hour events for the group. Registering guests in our visitor system while answering incoming phone calls. Handled any administrative tasks that come up with enthusiasm in a timely manner.
Employers Prior to 2015:
Worldwide Express
UPS Regional Customer Support Representative
2012 – 2015
-Manage daily tasks in a client focused queue and complete tickets which can entail creating shipping labels, tracking packages and arranging for courier service on perishable delayed items when necessary. Take payments for invoices and note account details for payment.
Maple Ski Ridge
Rental Shop Tech & Ticket Sales Customer Service
Maple Ski Ridge
2011-2012
-Ensure paperwork is complete for each guest and take payment for ski/snowboard rentals for their services and equipment is set safely to their measurements. Complete lift ticket sales with electronic badge system and manage customer service requests from guests.
Combined Insurance United States
Sale Representative
2012
-Outside sales rep. selling new supplemental insurance policies via door to door sales in upstate New York. Sales focused based on commission by building and managing insurance accounts.
Education
State University of New York College at Plattsburgh
John Jay High School, Cross River