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She is strongest at translating technical complexity into clear, practical guidance investigating root causes adapting communication for nontechnical and advanced technical customers and creating durable improvements through documentation, knowledge systems, and cross\-functional collaboration\. Katie has handled application, access, authentication, data, DNS, domain, API, and third\-party integration issues while partnering with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Account Management teams\. Her healthcare background includes patient scheduling and family support at Seattle Children’s, patient\- and family\-experience coordination at Providence, and direct\-care clinical experience at Billings Clinic\. At Providence Regional Medical Center, she supported a Volunteer Services program of more than 800 volunteers and managed more than 120 annual job\-shadow placements\. Across her work, Katie combines calm problem\-solving, operational discipline, customer advocacy, and a focus on reliable, accessible experiences for the people who depend on them\. ## Services - Customer Service Representatives - Customer Support - Client Services - First Aid Training - Coaching - Water Safety Training - Water Safety - Title Escrow - Escrow - Signing Agent - Closing \(Real Estate\) - Notary - Loan Closing Documentation - Loan Closings - Licensed Practical Nurse \(LPN\) - Direct Patient Care - Patient Safety - Certified Nursing Assistant \(CNA\) - Child Development - Early Childhood Development ## Highlights - Delivers technical and customer support for Gravyty’s PeerPal, Gratavid, and Graduway engagement and fundraising platforms for higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations worldwide\. - Managed complex Gravyty support cases in Zendesk and Salesforce while maintaining customer satisfaction and timely issue resolution\. - Troubleshot SaaS application, user\-access, authentication, data, DNS, domain, hosting, performance, API, and third\-party integration issues across multiple products\. - Used Datadog, Google Analytics, Vercel, Amazon Route 53, and GoDaddy to diagnose platform health, user behavior, performance, domain, and DNS concerns\. - Partnered with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Account Management through Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack, Productboard, and Canny to investigate bugs, prioritize feature requests, and communicate customer feedback\. - Created and maintained knowledge\-base articles, internal documentation, and troubleshooting resources to improve team productivity, customer self\-service, and operational efficiency\. - Built customer relationships through consistent technical support customers chose to contact Katie directly after establishing trust\. - Spent five years in a technical\-support role handling technical troubleshooting and client issues, including urgent DNS\-record and platform problems\. - Managed operations, executive support, cross\-time\-zone scheduling, remote\-team coordination, vendor management, contract administration, budgeting support, and procurement at GreyZone Health\. - Coordinated patient scheduling, family support, referrals, registration, insurance verification, and care navigation at Seattle Children’s while maintaining HIPAA\-compliant EHR records\. - Supported a Providence Regional Medical Center Volunteer Services program of more than 800 volunteers\. - Managed more than 120 annual job\-shadow placements at Providence, including applications, documentation, background checks, and HIPAA and confidentiality compliance\. - Streamlined Providence volunteer orientation and training with SurveyMonkey and other digital tools, and customized and maintained the Volunteer Services website\. - Published daily, weekly, monthly, and annual volunteer communications and co\-authored the Volunteer Services Department’s annual report\. - Supported Providence programs including the High School Summer Program, Comfort Dog Program, Patient Family Advisory Council, Cancer Resource Center, Intervention Center for Assault and Abuse, and Job Shadow Program\. - Served as interim Regional Patient & Family Care Experience Program Coordinator at Providence during a maternity\-leave assignment\. - Coordinated Patient and Family Advisory Councils and used Press Ganey data, surveys, comments, and performance metrics to identify patient\-experience improvement opportunities\. - Provided direct patient\-care support as a Nurse Intern at Billings Clinic, including assessments, vital signs, documentation, mobility, hygiene, admissions and discharges, transfers, and care coordination\. - Supported a Lutheran preschool through lesson support, child supervision, individualized behavior and developmental support, faith\-based activities, family communication, and classroom operations\. - Supported title and escrow transactions at First American, including earnest\-money deposits, closing packages, executed\-document review, recording routing, and confidential financial\-record handling\. - Coached competitive USA Swimming athletes at Billings Aquatic Club in all four strokes, starts, turns, underwater skills, race strategy, practice development, and meet preparation\. - Supported seasonal recreational swimmers at Storm Aquatics through daily practices, weekly competitions, beginner race education, meet coordination, family communication, and pool\-safety procedures\. ## Experience - **CSS at Gravyty** (2021\-03\-01–2026\-06\-01) — Delivered technical and customer support for Gravyty's engagement and fundraising platforms, including PeerPal, Gratavid, and Graduway, supporting higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations worldwide\. • Served as a trusted customer advocate, managing complex support cases through Zendesk and Salesforce while maintaining high customer satisfaction and timely issue resolution\. • Troubleshot application, user access, authentication, data, DNS, domain, and integration\-related issues across multiple SaaS products, providing clear guidance and technical solutions to customers\. • Collaborated closely with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Account Management teams using Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack, Productboard, and Canny to investigate bugs, prioritize feature requests, communicate customer feedback, and improve the overall user experience\. • Leveraged Datadog, Google Analytics, Vercel, Amazon Route 53, and GoDaddy to diagnose platform performance issues, monitor appl - **Office Manager at GreyZone Health** (2020\-08\-01–2021\-04\-01) — Managed day\-to\-day administrative and operational functions for a global health advocacy organization, ensuring seamless coordination across remote teams, leadership, and external stakeholders\. • Supported executive leadership with calendar management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, expense reporting, and project administration across multiple time zones\. • Oversaw internal processes, documentation, and communications to improve organizational efficiency, streamline workflows, and support strategic initiatives\. • Coordinated virtual meetings, events, and cross\-functional projects, serving as a key liaison between staff, partners, consultants, and international collaborators\. • Maintained organizational systems, records, and operational procedures while ensuring compliance with internal policies and best practices\. • Assisted with vendor management, contract administration, budgeting support, and procurement activities to facilitate smooth business operations\. • Developed - **Family Services Coordinator/ Scheduler at Seattle Children's** (2020\-01\-01–2020\-12\-01) — Coordinated patient scheduling and family support services, ensuring timely access to care while providing compassionate assistance to patients, families, and caregivers\. • Managed complex appointment scheduling across multiple providers, clinics, and specialties, balancing patient needs, provider availability, and operational requirements\. • Served as a primary point of contact for families, assisting with appointment coordination, referrals, registration, insurance verification, and navigation of healthcare services\. • Collaborated closely with physicians, nurses, social workers, and administrative teams to ensure accurate scheduling, continuity of care, and a positive patient experience\. • Maintained patient records and scheduling data within electronic health record \(EHR\) systems while ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations and organizational policies\. • Assisted families in resolving scheduling conflicts, coordinating follow\-up care, and accessing hospital resources, demonst - **Regional Patient and Family Care Experience Program Coordinator at Providence** (2019\-01\-01–2019\-12\-01) — Served as the interim Regional Patient & Family Care Experience Program Coordinator during a maternity leave assignment, supporting patient experience and engagement initiatives across Providence Regional Medical Center while partnering with leadership to advance patient and family centered care strategies\. • Coordinated the day\-to\-day operations of Patient and Family Advisory Councils \(PFACs\), fostering collaboration between patients, families, caregivers, physicians, nurses, and hospital leadership to improve the quality, safety, and overall patient experience\. • Utilized Press Ganey patient experience data and feedback insights to analyze trends, identify opportunities for improvement, and support data\-driven strategies focused on enhancing patient satisfaction, engagement, and care outcomes\. • Reviewed patient experience surveys, comments, and performance metrics to identify themes, recognize areas of success, and provide actionable insights to clinical and operational teams to s - **Office Admin at Providence Health & Services** (2017\-01\-01–2020\-12\-01) — Supported the administration and daily operations of Providence Regional Medical Center's Volunteer Services Department, helping manage a volunteer program of 800\+ volunteers across multiple hospital departments and community initiatives\. • Coordinated volunteer recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, engagement, and recognition programs while serving as a key liaison between volunteers, hospital staff, patients, and community partners\. • Published weekly, monthly, and annual newsletters, as well as daily communications, to educate, inform, and engage volunteers while promoting departmental programs and initiatives\. • Developed and streamlined volunteer orientation and training programs using SurveyMonkey and other digital tools, improving onboarding efficiency and volunteer preparedness\. • Customized and maintained the Volunteer Services website to enhance community outreach, volunteer recruitment efforts, and accessibility of resources\. • Managed more than 120 annual job sha - **Nurse Intern at Billings Clinic** (2016\-01\-01–2016\-12\-01) — Provided direct patient care support under the guidance of registered nurses and clinical staff, gaining hands\-on experience in a hospital environment while developing essential nursing skills and clinical judgment\. • Assisted with patient assessments, vital signs, documentation, mobility support, hygiene care, and activities of daily living while promoting patient safety, comfort, and dignity\. • Collaborated with nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to support individualized patient care plans and deliver compassionate, patient\-centered care\. • Gained experience navigating clinical workflows, electronic health records \(EHR\), hospital procedures, and evidence\-based nursing practices in a fast\-paced healthcare setting\. • Supported medication safety practices, infection prevention protocols, and quality standards while following hospital policies and maintaining patient confidentiality and HIPAA compliance\. • Built strong communication skills by interacting with p - **Front Office Receptionist at First American** (2015\-01\-01–2016\-12\-01) — Served as the first point of contact for clients, real estate professionals, lenders, and visitors, delivering exceptional customer service in a fast\-paced title and escrow environment\. • Managed a multi\-line phone system, directed incoming calls, scheduled appointments, and coordinated conference room and closing schedules\. • Greeted clients and facilitated a professional and welcoming closing experience while ensuring accurate visitor management and office coordination\. • Processed daily earnest money deposits, issued receipts, balanced funds, and prepared bank deposits while maintaining accuracy, compliance, and detailed financial records\. • Assisted escrow officers and title teams with document preparation, file management, data entry, transaction support, and administrative operations throughout the escrow process\. • Printed, assembled, and prepared closing packages and settlement documents for residential real estate transactions, ensuring all documentation was complete and rea - **Teaching Assistant at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and Preschool** (2015\-01\-01–2018\-12\-01) — Supported classroom instruction and daily operations for a Lutheran preschool program, creating a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment for young children\. • Assisted lead teachers with lesson planning, classroom activities, and age\-appropriate learning experiences focused on social, emotional, cognitive, and developmental growth\. • Provided individualized support to students by encouraging positive behavior, building confidence, and helping children develop communication, independence, and problem\-solving skills\. • Supervised children during classroom activities, playtime, meals, transitions, and outdoor activities while maintaining a safe and inclusive environment\. • Supported the implementation of faith\-based curriculum and activities that encouraged kindness, respect, compassion, and positive character development\. • Assisted with classroom organization, preparation of learning materials, maintaining supplies, and creating engaging activities to enhance student learn - **Assistant Swim Coach at Storm Aquatics** (2014\-01\-01–2015\-12\-01) — Assisted in organizing and leading a seasonal recreational swim program serving swimmers of diverse ages and abilities, with an emphasis on skill development, team engagement, and a positive summer experience\. • Coached swimmers during daily practices and weekly competitions, focusing on improving technique, building confidence, and encouraging participation in a fun and supportive environment\. • Introduced beginner swimmers to competitive swimming concepts, including race procedures, meet etiquette, relay exchanges, and goal\-setting strategies\. • Helped coordinate swim meets by assisting with swimmer lineups, event preparation, relay organization, and athlete check\-ins throughout competitions\. • Provided encouragement and mentorship to young athletes, fostering teamwork, sportsmanship, and a strong sense of community within the swim team\. • Supported the development of age\-appropriate drills and activities designed to improve stroke efficiency, endurance, and overall swimming profic - **Assistant Swim Coach at BILLINGS AQUATIC CLUB INC** (2014\-01\-01–2015\-12\-01) — Coached and mentored new and age group swimmers in a competitive USA Swimming program, providing technical instruction and athlete development while fostering confidence, discipline, and a positive team environment\. • Taught and refined all four competitive strokes, starts, turns, underwater skills, and race strategies, helping swimmers build strong fundamentals and improve overall performance\. • Guided swimmers transitioning from learn\-to\-swim programs into competitive swimming by developing age\-appropriate training plans and supporting long\-term athlete growth\. • Planned and assisted with daily practices focused on technique development, endurance, goal achievement, and skill progression in a structured and engaging training environment\. • Provided individualized feedback and performance evaluations to help athletes improve efficiency, achieve personal goals, and gain confidence in training and competition\. • Collaborated with head coaches, athletes, and families to support swimmer ## Education - Bachelor of Arts \- BA, Integrated Social Sciences — University of Washington - College Edge: Summer Program — Columbia University - Associate of Arts and Sciences \- AAS, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing — Everett Community College - Humanitarian Health Certificate Program, Humanitarian Health — Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - International Relations and Affairs — Harvard Extension School - Pre\-Medicine/Pre\-Medical Studies — Rocky Mountain College - High School Diploma — Lake Stevens Sr High School ## FAQ ### What does Katie do? Katie delivers technical and customer support for Gravyty’s engagement and fundraising platforms, including PeerPal, Gratavid, and Graduway\. She helps higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations worldwide resolve complex product and technical issues, and she works with internal teams to improve product experiences and reduce recurring support needs\. ### What is Katie strongest at? Katie’s core strengths include technical troubleshooting, root\-cause analysis, customer advocacy, clear communication, knowledge\-base management, process improvement, and cross\-functional collaboration\. She is experienced in working through ambiguity and high\-stakes service situations while making complex systems more understandable and useful for customers and teams\. ### What did Katie accomplish at Gravyty? At Gravyty, Katie managed complex support cases in Zendesk and Salesforce investigated application, user\-access, authentication, data, DNS, domain, hosting, performance, API, and integration issues and provided customers with clear technical guidance\. She collaborated with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Account Management through Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack, Productboard, and Canny to investigate bugs, prioritize feature requests, and convey customer feedback\. She also used Datadog, Google Analytics, Vercel, Amazon Route 53, and GoDaddy to diagnose platform health, user behavior, and domain or DNS concerns, while maintaining documentation and troubleshooting resources\. ### What technical\-support experience does Katie have? Katie reports spending five years in a technical\-support role, troubleshooting client and platform issues, including DNS\-record problems\. Through consistent support, customers built enough trust in Katie to contact her directly\. She also developed the ability to adjust her communication for both nontechnical customers and advanced technical users, including during urgent and stressful situations\. ### What did Katie do at GreyZone Health? At GreyZone Health, Katie managed day\-to\-day administrative and operational functions for a global health advocacy organization\. She supported executive leadership with calendars, meetings, travel, expense reporting, and project administration across time zones coordinated virtual meetings, events, and cross\-functional projects maintained documentation and operational systems and assisted with vendor management, contracts, budgeting support, and procurement\. Katie also developed internal resources and communication channels for a fully remote, globally distributed team\. ### What did Katie do at Seattle Children’s? At Seattle Children’s, Katie coordinated patient scheduling and family support services\. She managed appointments across providers, clinics, and specialties helped families with referrals, registration, insurance verification, follow\-up care, and navigation of hospital services and worked with physicians, nurses, social workers, and administrative teams to support continuity of care\. She maintained scheduling and patient records in EHR systems with HIPAA compliance and contributed to process improvement, data management, and documentation in a fast\-paced healthcare setting\. ### What did Katie accomplish in Providence Volunteer Services? As an Office Admin in Providence Regional Medical Center’s Volunteer Services Department, Katie supported daily operations for a volunteer program of more than 800 volunteers\. She coordinated recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, engagement, and recognition published daily, weekly, monthly, and annual volunteer communications streamlined orientation and training using SurveyMonkey and other digital tools and customized and maintained the Volunteer Services website\. Katie managed more than 120 annual job\-shadow placements, including applications, documentation, background checks, and HIPAA and confidentiality compliance\. She also supported programs including the High School Summer Program, Comfort Dog Program, Patient Family Advisory Council, Cancer Resource Center, Intervention Center for Assault and Abuse, and Job Shadow Program, and co\-authored the department’s annual report\. ### What was Katie’s patient\-experience work at Providence? Katie served as interim Regional Patient & Family Care Experience Program Coordinator during a maternity\-leave assignment at Providence Regional Medical Center\. She coordinated Patient and Family Advisory Councils, bringing together patients, families, caregivers, physicians, nurses, and leadership to advance patient\- and family\-centered care\. Katie used Press Ganey data, surveys, comments, and performance metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement facilitated meetings and follow\-up communicated feedback to clinical and operational teams and tracked patient\-experience, engagement, and program\-performance data while maintaining HIPAA\-compliant records\. ### What did Katie do as a teaching assistant? At Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and Preschool, Katie supported classroom instruction and daily operations in a Lutheran preschool\. She assisted with lesson planning, age\-appropriate learning activities, classroom organization, child supervision, behavior support, conflict resolution, and social\-skill development\. Katie supported a faith\-based curriculum centered on kindness, respect, compassion, and positive character development, and she worked with teachers and families to provide a safe, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment\. ### What clinical experience does Katie have at Billings Clinic? As a Nurse Intern at Billings Clinic, Katie provided direct patient\-care support under the guidance of registered nurses and clinical staff\. Her work included patient assessments, vital signs, documentation, mobility and hygiene support, activities of daily living, admissions and discharges, transfers, and care coordination\. She gained experience with EHR workflows, hospital procedures, evidence\-based nursing practices, medication safety, infection prevention, patient safety, confidentiality, and HIPAA compliance while collaborating with interdisciplinary healthcare teams\. ### What did Katie do at First American? At First American, Katie was the first point of contact for clients, real estate professionals, lenders, and visitors in a title and escrow environment\. She managed a multi\-line phone system, appointments, conference rooms, and closing schedules processed daily earnest\-money deposits, receipts, fund balancing, and bank deposits and supported escrow and title teams with document preparation, file management, data entry, and transaction administration\. Katie prepared and reviewed closing packages, coordinated communications among parties to residential transactions, routed completed packages for recording, and maintained the confidentiality of client and financial information\. ### What did Katie do at Billings Aquatic Club? At Billings Aquatic Club, Katie coached and mentored new and age\-group swimmers in a competitive USA Swimming program\. She taught all four competitive strokes, starts, turns, underwater skills, and race strategies supported swimmers moving from learn\-to\-swim into competition helped plan daily practices provided individualized feedback and prepared athletes for local, regional, and championship meets\. She also enforced pool\-safety protocols and USA Swimming standards while collaborating with athletes, families, and head coaches\. ### What did Katie do at Storm Aquatics? At Storm Aquatics, Katie helped organize and lead a seasonal recreational swim program for swimmers with diverse ages and abilities\. She coached daily practices and weekly competitions, introduced beginner swimmers to race procedures, meet etiquette, relay exchanges, and goal setting, and helped coordinate meet lineups, relay organization, event preparation, and athlete check\-ins\. Katie communicated with families about practices, meet schedules, and progress, supported team\-building activities, and maintained a safe, organized pool environment\. ### What is Katie’s education? Katie studied International Relations and Affairs at Harvard Extension School and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social Sciences from the University of Washington\. She completed the Humanitarian Health Certificate Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health earned an Associate of Arts and Sciences in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research, and Clinical Nursing from Everett Community College studied Pre\-Medicine/Pre\-Medical Studies at Rocky Mountain College completed Columbia University’s College Edge summer program and earned a high school diploma from Lake Stevens Sr High School\. ### What tools and systems does Katie use? Katie’s listed technical and operational tools include Salesforce, Zendesk, Jira, Azure DevOps, Slack, Productboard, Canny, Datadog, Vercel, Google Analytics, GoDaddy, Amazon Route 53, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, Zoom, QuickBooks, ClickUp, SurveyMonkey, EHR systems, and title and escrow software\. Her related capabilities include SaaS support, API and integration support, DNS management, technical troubleshooting, root\-cause analysis, knowledge\-base management, project coordination, remote\-team operations, vendor management, and budget administration\. ### What professional skills does Katie bring? Katie’s listed skills include customer service, customer support, client services, direct patient care, patient safety, patient advocacy, healthcare administration, medical and patient scheduling, care coordination, referral management, insurance verification, medical\-records management, HIPAA compliance, coaching, water safety, first\-aid training, title and escrow support, signing\-agent and notary work, loan\-closing documentation, loan closings, Licensed Practical Nurse and Certified Nursing Assistant\-related skills, child development, and early childhood development\. ### What languages does Katie speak? Katie speaks English and Spanish\. ### What certifications and professional learning has Katie completed? Katie holds certifications or completed programs in Learning AI Through Visualization from Columbia\+ Writing Case Studies, Creating Great First Impressions, and Project Management Simplified from LinkedIn and the Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners Specialization and COVID\-19 Contact Tracing from Coursera\. She also completed FIELD Leading and Managing People in Emergencies, FIELD Cross\-Cutting Subjects, FIELD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, FIELD People Management, FIELD Safeguarding, and FIELD Staff Care and Wellbeing pathways through Save the Children International Social Leadership: A Different Approach through Humanitarian Leadership Academy International Humanitarian Law through the ICRC Introduction to Advocacy and Psychosocial Support Programming through UNICEF Mental Health First Aider through Mental Health First Aid Maryland Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers through the American Heart Association HIV/AIDS Training through the State of Washington and CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers\. ### How does Katie approach continuous improvement and customer experience? Katie focuses on sustainable solutions rather than one\-time issue resolution\. Her work includes identifying root causes, prioritizing improvements, documenting solutions, creating knowledge resources, strengthening operational practices, and partnering across technical, operational, and customer\-facing teams\. She is particularly drawn to work that combines thoughtful design, operational excellence, and human\-centered thinking to make essential services more reliable, scalable, and accessible\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/katietronsdal