Kate Strachnyi

DATAcated

DATAcated® to helping clients share their stories through content creation and amplification. Providing custom 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 for companies focused on innovating in the data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence space.

Founder

Managing the DATAcated Speaker Hub, a platform dedicated to connecting top data, analytics and AI experts with event organizers. I oversee speaker recruitment, manage client relationships, and ensure a seamless booking process for in-person events & virtual conferences, webinars, and corporate events. Enabling speakers to expand their reach while helping event organizers find the perfect experts for their audiences. We also provide amplification services to spread the word about the events!

Manager of DATAcated Speaker Hub

Writing the 'Running DATAcated' book on substack - with a goal to turn the blog articles into a BOOK about the journey of running the media company + running / hiking adventures.

Running DATAcated Writer

You can find prior LinkedIn live shows (and future ones) on the DATAcated On Air podcast - https://anchor.fm/datacated

Podcast Host - DATAcated On Air

The DATAcated Expo will provide the community with an opportunity to explore and discover innovative technologies in data science & analytics.

Hear from expert speakers that will provide real-life case studies and demos of technologies across a variety of data science & analytics processes. Speakers will provide 10-min lightning talks and we’ll take questions from the live audience.

The presentations will be centered around the data analytics process and will take participants on a journey from identifying the business use case to collecting, cleaning, exploring, visualizing and ultimately communicating insights.  

This live event will provide several opportunities for networking and building relationships in the data community.

Host - DATAcated Expo

The conference is packed with incredible insights from the very best speakers!
Speakers will deliver 10 min ‘lightning’ talks and will stay on for a few minutes for some live Q&A.
The conference is hosted on LinkedIn Live and is FREE to attend!
We’ll have plenty of fun giveaways provided by our Community Partners.

Host - DATAcated Conference May 18-19, 2021

Run Wild AI

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

O'Reilly Media

Author of ColorWise: A Data Storyteller's Guide to the Intentional Use of Color

Author

LinkedIn

Having a strong personal brand can help you stand out from competitors and colleagues and attract relevant opportunities.

LinkedIn Learning Instructor

IADSS

Advisory Board Member

Deloitte

Chief of Staff - Head of Commercial Business

Program Manager | Data Analytics

Insights Strategy Manager & Tableau Developer

- Assessment of risk governance practices measured against relevant bank supervisory guidance and leading practices (e.g. Enterprise Risk Assessment Process, New Product Approval Process, Risk Reporting, Committee Structure, etc.)
 - Prepared periodic program status/progress reports. Assisting with building out roadmap of future phase deliverables and maintenance of project plans. Escalating issues & risks to ensure timely remediation
- Provided assistance with writing responses to regulatory letters (MOUs, MRAs, MRIAs)
- Developed an inventory for regulation W requirements (including Dodd-Frank Act impact), and assessed the applicability of the regulation to each business line within a large financial institution 
- Assisted large foreign banks with Foreign Enhanced Prudential Standards (FEPS) implementation (including Governance, Data, Risk Management, Implementation Plan, etc.,) 
 - Revised current or establishing new policies and procedures as well as ensuring that various departments/functions have relevant policies, procedures and guidelines which reflect current business practices

Manager, Risk Mgmt / Regulatory Compliance

Bank Leumi USA

- Involved in the establishment of the Operational Risk Policy & Procedures (per Parent Company guidelines, U.S. regulations, and Basel Directives)
- Provided assistance to Risk Champions on how to assess Operational Risk and how to use the Management of Operational Risk System (MOR)
- Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA)- took part in the establishment of methodology,  interviewing business units (surveys) and setting risk mitigation plans for High risk items
- Assisted CRO in quarterly reporting to the Risk Management Committee of the Board (Risk Dashboard)
- Assisted CRO on the annual submission of Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)  
– Developed New Products Approval Procedure and New Products Committee Charter
Basel II/III - Performed gap analysis on Basel II & III Directives 
- Reviewed and revised Risk Management Manual Operating Procedures (MOPs)
- Participated in KMV Moody’s Project to calculate credit risk metrics (PD & LGD)
- Assessed and tracked audit items (Internal Audit, Parent Company, & Examiners)
Committee Participation 
- Participated on Operational Risk Management Committee & Basel ICAAP Steering Committee

Risk Analyst for Chief Risk Officer

Global Association of Risk Professionals

-Managed a sales process by qualifying prospects, establishing relationships & identifying opportunities. 
-Assisted with the planning and development of direct marketing and data-related projects. 
-Handled client relationship management process through the use of CRM tool (SalesForce) and used existing relationships for cross-selling opportunities.

Business Development

FGI FINANCE

Developing Credit Committee reports - financial statement analysis and accounts receivable aging report analysis to determine lending structure.

Underwriter

First Investors Financial Services

Involved in setting up appointments with prospects (cold calls), and creation/maintenance of client records using B.O.S.S. (CRM tool)

Financial Services Rep

DATAcated™ | Branding | DataIQ100 | Marketing | Media | ColorWise | DataVenger

Ask not what influencers can do for you… ask what happens when they’re DATAcated influencers!

YAY - I'm so excited that you saw my profile and wanted to get to know me better!

As the founder of DATAcated, I help companies amplify their brand and expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science.  I'm a content creator with over 300k followers across LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms. I also run a DATAcated Plus program with 35+ influencers that can be hired to 'make a splash' on social media.  Oh yea, I also manage the DATAcated Expert / Speaker Hub where we have over 50 engaging speakers and experts that you can hire for conferences, webinars, books, blogs, and more.

I have been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Data Science and Analytics and as a DataIQ USA100. I am also the author of ColorWise: A Data Storyteller's Guide to the Intentional Use of Color (published with O'Reilly). 

Connect with me on social media and explore the DATAcated website for more resources and opportunities. datacated.com

DATAcated® to helping clients share their stories through content creation and amplification. Providing custom 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 for companies focused on innovating in the data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence space. 

This might be the group therapy we all need before 2026 AI planning starts.

Here’s the link to sign up: https://lnkd.in/ez6qrpSR

BARC just analyzed 421 organizations to find out what separates the top AI performers from everyone else.

The difference comes down to how companies operationalize AI, govern it, and measure actual results.

On Dec 3, 2025 (11am ET), BARC’s Shawn Rogers and Merv Adrian will unpack the findings from their Lessons from the Leading Edge study. They’ll be joined by:

Eleanor Treharne-Jones, CEO at Bigeye (data observability done right)

Jeff Fried, Director of Platform Strategy & Innovation at InterSystems (bridging architecture and outcomes)

Amandine Mely, Senior PreSales at Board (turning AI insights into real decisions)

Covering AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas. influencer marketing agency | data & AI content creation & amplification | speaker & expert placement

Highmark Health

My primary role as a lead marketing analyst is to ensure that the hospital strategy team has easy access and availability of pre and post campaign analysis data

- This requires close collaboration with the hospital marketing strategy team and senior leadership on pre campaign planning and setups to ensure tracking

- This requires accurate data pulls and manipulation once campaigns are released in the markets

Lead Marketing Analyst

- I collaborate with marketing strategists to ensure data-driven campaigns. 

- A primary focus is building an effective pre and post-campaign analysis for the hospital networks’ marketing team to optimize their campaign spend, improve new patient acquisition, retention, and return on investment.

- Engaging with the leadership team for multiple markets, institutes and facilities to align on market goals for the financial year

Senior Digital Marketing Analyst

Criya (YC W22)

The Expert Circle by Criya (YC W22)- an invite-only platform for industry leaders to share our professional expertise and offer coaching. Criya (YC W22) brings together a highly vetted network of top industry experts with a powerful platform to share our expertise with the industry

Featured Expert

Motive

At Motive, I collaborated with teams across multiple verticals to ensure effective data literacy and engagement.

- My primary responsibility was to help set up stakeholder teams ranging from finances to customer success for long-term success. This was done by ensuring the right form of infrastructure, data accuracy, process efficiency, and scalability.

Data Culture and Engagement Lead  [Impacted by layoffs]

• Led a team of three in implementing Tableau CRM (Einstein Analytics) module for Commercial Sales markets, utilizing data from Salesforce to improve reporting and decision efficiency in time by 30%

• Designed and implemented databases and Tableau dashboards for global workforce initiatives within the Enterprise IT org to improve strategic planning efforts by 50%

• Project planning and execution for Centre of Excellence to improve Onboarding experiences for resources saving up to 30% in time efficiency

Lead Data Analyst

• Designed and developed dashboards for measuring KPIs for Financial Management and Human Resource utilization achieving a 30%-time reduction in the decision-making process

• Developed 2 Enterprise-wide (~36k users) Tableau dashboards for tracking KPIs for Information Security and Risk Management (Cyber Security), achieving a 50%-time reduction in the decision-making process.

• Utilized Alteryx and Tableau as tools to perform data collection and data management for multiple data sources with analysis requests performed for senior management.

Senior Data Reporting Analyst

Carnegie Mellon University

• Graduate Teaching Assistant for Python (March 2018 - May 2018)
   - Assisting the Professor on coursework and project implementation
   - Working with students on best practices and coursework
• Data Analyst consultant for BNY Mellon (Capstone Project Jan 2018 - May 2018)
   - Working with a group of 6 to help implement prototype for stakeholders
   - Project planning and implementation following the Agile framework.

Graduate Student Instructor

Capgemini

• Led a team of three responsible for implementing automated test suites thereby achieving a reduction of 35% in time requirements for online ordering and validation process
• Implemented language translation model for multilingual testing in e-commerce websites for a major camera manufacturer

Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services

• Led a team of six in Agile framework responsible for implementing business process testing module in HP thereby achieving an improvement of 30% in efficiency for business users
• Accomplished automation of test scripts for SWIFT messages for a banking client’s business in ASIAPAC and EMEA regions

Software Engineer

Senior Digital Marketing Analyst | Tableau (Level 3) Certified Professional | Featured Mentor - Criya | CMU Alum

With over 10 years of experience as a data professional, I help organizations leverage data to drive growth, innovation, and impact. 

I am currently a Senior Digital Marketing Analyst at Highmark Health, one of the largest health insurers in the US eastern markets (WPA, WV and NY), where I collaborate with marketing strategists to ensure data-driven campaigns. A primary focus is post campaign analysis for the hospital networks’ marketing team to optimize campaign spend, improve new patient acquisition, retention, and return on investment.

As a Tableau Certified Professional, I have a strong background in data visualisation and reporting. I utilize tools such as Tableau, Salesforce Einstein Analytics, Alteryx, and PowerBI to create compelling dashboards and insights that inform decision-making and action for leadership.

In addition, I am passionate about data literacy and engagement, and I collaborate with teams across multiple verticals to ensure effective data usage and governance. 

I am also a featured expert at The Expert Circle by Criya, an invite-only platform for industry leaders to share their professional expertise and offer coaching. As a CMU alum, I value lifelong learning and continuous improvement.

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