Today, we continue the conversation with Former Senior Director of ‘Xbox Games Marketplace’ and ‘Microsoft Online’. Kathryn Foster is a powerhouse who has humbly moved her family out of Seattle and onto the beautiful shores of the Sunshine Coast where she currently heads up ‘MacroData Digital Solutions’ which aims to host an eco-friendly DataCentre in Qld and create a tech hub in Maroochydore.
I shall not pretend on any stretch to comprehend what Kathryn really does and so today, we feature her on our show as a woman, a Mother, a brilliant mind who continues to challenge the status quo and bring new ideas and intelligence to our ecosystem. I hope she can help bridge the gap for us “layman” so that we too can support technological advancements within our community, our businesses and even our families.
I have warned Kathryn that she may need to dumb it down for me today but what I know for sure is that she is a human being first and that as a woman, a Mother, a business person, she has dreams and aspirations for her life and that of her family; we aren’t all robots yet so we definitely all speak that language.
The Goods on Kathryn:
Experienced, multi-faceted, professional with a proven track record of progressive business results. Competencies include: Business strategy and planning, especially with Web Services and Internet optimization for both corporations and start-ups, as well as architectural development and governance, and program management.
Vertical industry experience includes: Telecom, Financial Services and high tech.
Passion for designing and implementing platforms and programs that scale operations with high customer satisfaction. Consistently described by peers as one “who see's the business opportunity clearly and executes flawlessly”.
Specialties: Internet Merchandising and Sales, Business Architect. Web and SQL Service architecture; Service API design; SQL; Microsoft Windows Server (NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012), IIS, Web, AD, MSMQ, .NET, C++, C#, SOA, SOAP & API, SaaS, LAMP, Ubuntu Linux, MySQL, Apache Web Server, PhP 5
Contact :
Twitter: @KathrynRostrom
LinkedIn: @kathrynrostromfoster
MacroData Website: www.macrodata.solutions
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