Kate B.

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About Kate B.

I build AI systems and lead the human change that makes them stick.At TELUS, I am currently building and piloting a Supply Chain Risk Intelligence Hub that monitors 19 live news sources hourly across 21 hardware suppliers, using Claude Sonnet to reason through geopolitical risk, tariffs, port disruptions, and semiconductor shortages, then delivering severity-rated insights and time-horizoned recommended actions to Supply Chain Directors and VPs before decisions become crises. I also built and operate an Autonomous Notification System used daily by 20+ planners and product managers to eliminate manual follow-ups and prevent costly warehouse errors.Before GenAI, I drove hours saved annually,$5M+ in avoided spend, and 100% data quality improvement through hypothesis-driven process redesign, SaaS implementation, and Lean Six Sigma. I have been recognized as AI Change Champion 9 times and named AI Innovator of the Year at TELUS.I embed with cross-functional teams, redesign workflows end to end, build AI-powered tools, run upskilling workshops for 300+ people at a time, and translate complex AI capabilities into executive-ready ROI narratives. I have done this across telecommunications, banking, automotive manufacturing, port logistics, and technology at Fortune 500 and multi-billion-dollar organizations including TELUS, Dell Technologies, Citigroup, KPMG, Hutchison Ports, and Plastic Omnium.Google Cloud Generative AI Leader Certified. Six Sigma Champion. Fulbright Scholar. M.S. Management, Clemson University. B.Eng Computer Systems Engineering. Bilingual English and Spanish. 22+ years of professional experience, including 18+ years leading teams in Fortune 500 and multi-billion-dollar organizations.Open to fully remote Digital Transformation and AI Transformation roles where I can build things that matter, lead teams well, and keep learning.Favorite quotes:"Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act." Albert Einstein"Stay true to who you are, for in doing so, you will find the ones who genuinely appreciate the authentic you.""People spend money they don't have to buy things they don't need to impress people they don't even like."