About Katie Ryan

Katie Ryan is a bilingual (English & Spanish) Human Resources Anthropologist. She views organizations through a lens of diverse cultural awareness at the intersection of business operations, cultural ethics, and employee engagement. 

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Katie has over 10 years of experience working in financial services, the insurance sector, and manufacturing in California and Chicago. Her HR career propelled in manufacturing where her bilingual skills allowed her to connect employee communications with business strategy. Katie’s area of focus is building trusting relationships with employees at various levels of organizations to gather accurate company culture insights, improve transparency in conflict, and lead with compassion through cultural differences.

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Katie obtained her B.A. in Anthropology from San Francisco State University, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in Fundamentals of HR from Northwestern University.

She is a Californian native, now living in the MidWest with her husband and their pets Major and Minor. When she's not working or blogging, you can find her hiking trails or running long-distance races.