About Kathy Herrmann

I’m is a partner with Intellicore Design Consulting, an IT firm offering companies an array of services and solutions to spark business online. These center on developing and implementing customer-facing and collaborative systems and the back-office systems heightening their value.

My career spans more than 25 years of diverse corporate experience, spending the last 16 years in operations, marketing, and sales management. I’ve worked in companies of all sizes -- from large down to small  entrepreneurial companies, and I understand the convergent and divergent needs of each business tier.

My domain knowledge spans software, supply chain management, petroleum exploration, and Internet retail.

Pathlight Solutions and Intellicore Design Consulting Years

Strategy, process and user experience focus ignites client initiatives

As a consultant in two sister firms, Pathlight Solutions and Intellicore Design Consulting, I’m the business process queen and user experience champion. I ensure business and user needs are well championed and well-defined on our client's behalf.

Additionally, I’m also recognized as a pathfinder who energizes transformation within corporations and organizations, serving as a business strategist and change leader.  Through Pathlight Solutions, I show companies how to transform business through workshops on topics like social business design and valuation.

I also designed ValueRight, a suite of valuation (and ROI) tools for social initiatives.  ValueRight helps companies understand whether they're social initiatives will make money or at least lower costs.

Marketing, Sales and Operations Years

Diversity and depth of experience innovates ployers and clients

In my position with The Green Group as director of operations, I played a strategic and tactical role managing the company's warehouse and customer service departments.  My role served to help the company transition from a multimillion-dollar small entrepreneurial internet retailer to an enterprise firm.

Before The Green Group, I orchestrated the start-up of Big Cat Chronicles, an online magazine.

While employed by CMS Globalsoft Inc. as the director of marketing and channel sales, I developed and executed innovative marketing initiatives to grow and elevate the company to a recognized industry provider.  My successes included growing revenues by about 80% over a two-year period from when I started.

During my years with Kewill Solutions North America, I served a progressive tenure in operations, channel sales, and miscellaneous marketing positions due to top performance, leadership, and contributions.  Under my leadership, I raised the order accuracy rate of the fulfillment department to 97% from a low of 30%.  Additionally, I instituted processes to enable the company to ship 5,000 - 6,000 orders within a 2-3 day period (after major software releases), up from the monthly average of about 600 orders.

CMS and Kewill are both companies specializing in logistics management systems integration and software development.

As the owner of Word Magician, a marketing communications firm, I created marketing materials, ads, and PR copy for dynamic client base of PR and corporate clients. I also conducted extensive research and reported on marketing trends/strategies.  I acted as a Public Information Officer on 3 national disasters for the American Red Cross.

The Early Petroleum Years

Exploring for commercial reserves of oil and gas

I started her career as an exploration geophysicist working for ARCO Exploration (now part of BP Petroleum), Exxon, and American Exploration.

As an exploration geophysicist, I synthesized diverse types of geoscience and engineering data and made evaluations of geologic prospects for exploration potential. I expertly balanced "interesting science" with economic viability and accessed risk-reward potential of prospects.

It was during my petroleum years that I became expert at the art of persuasion and presentation, promoting my investment ideas under fire to colleagues, middle and senior management.

I also worked as a financial analyst with Exxon and gained expertise at counting beans and stewarding budgets.

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