The devil's in the details.

Katie recently joined forces with her partner in crime, Karen Hartline, to start their own event production company, Reinventing Events.

After 10 years in business, finance, communications, and event planning, Katie's eclectic background has given her a unique perspective--she sees it all.

Previously, she was the events coordinator at Mashable, regularly organizing ambitious events like Connect at Walt Disney World and Mashable House at SXSW Interactive. Before Mashable, she developed the year-long events presence for comic book publisher BOOM! Studios, best known for Mark Waid's award-winning Irredeemable. Katie was the go-to point person at BOOM! Studios, both in-office and out. She oversaw the smallest details to make the biggest impact of booth space at San Diego Comic-Con, the largest annual gathering of like-minded nerds.

Event planning comes natural to Katie. She leverages her natural communication and organizational skills to effectively develop, plan, and deliver successful events. Her specialties: drumming up and executing targeted online marketing initiatives, engaging attendees, and building an online community around events.

Before the economy went belly up, she worked at HSBC, helping to maintaining relationships between citizens affected by the hurricane Katrina disaster and contractors assigned to repairs. Whatever Katie does, it should be fulfilling. A Chicago native, Katie spreads her midwestern cheer wherever it need be. When she's not buried in emails and meetings, she's making you hungry by posting her meals at katetheshark.tumblr.com.