Katie Laird (aka:  happykatie, or Katya if you're in the Russian literary mood) serves the Schipul team as Communications and Marketing Manager, a position that involves lots of tea leaf divination, thumb war training and borderline obsessive-compulsive book reading.

Katie started working at Schipul in 2005 as a graphic designer and now enjoys working with all different parts of the company, our amazing clients and regularly bringing in brownies to keep the office sugar high going strong.  Blogging, Tweeting, teaching, speaking, writing, high fiving - she does it all and loves most every second of it.

Read the official stuff on Katie's CV here and check out her regularly updated Slideshare account for some of her presentation slides. She loves teaching and public speaking, so be sure to get in touch if you need a feisty passionate gal to rile up your gang on personal branding, strategic online marketing, social media training and PR 2.0.

An active Blogger for over 10 years, you can find Katie writing online at some of these spots:

1. happykatie (www.happykatie.com) - a personal blog covering topics ranging from Social Media to online communications and marketing to non profit organizations to graphic/industrial design to things that are pretty and shiny to graffiti and hip hop magic.  So yeah, pretty much everything.
2. happykiddo (www.happykiddo.com) - a kiddo-focused blog devoted to all things Ella (the shortest person in Katie's life) along with modern parenting tips, tricks, ideas and shopping hyperness.
3. happykatie thinks outloud (www.happykatie.tumblr.com) - a brain candy dumping ground for urban culture, DIY fashion, foodie and other completely and utterly random pieces of trivia and links. 
4. Netsquared blog (www.netsquared.com/klaird) - Katie contributes to a little piece of the non profit technology group Netsquared discussing ways NPOs can utilize online technologies to advance their organizations' objectives.
5. Houston Dr. Sketchy (www.houstonsketchy.com) - happykatie plays Hip Swinging Hostess to the Houston chapter of the burlesque-inspired drawing club.  Artists meet monthly for cheeky life drawing sessions, live music, silly contests and an all-around fabulous time.

An avid photographer (in both digital and old skool 35mm/120 mediums), you can find some of Katie's latest photos on Flickr at www.flickr.com/happykatie.

Photo thanks to Imelda, yes we got to ride in the WeinerMobile :)