Paula Beckel

Paula Beckel has over 30 years of work experience in various roles and industries. Paula is currently the Director of Account Management, North America at Flintfox - Intelligent Pricing Platform. Prior to this, they held the position of Director, Retail & Consumer Goods at Microsoft from 2020 to 2023. From 2016 to 2020, they worked as the Senior Director of Web & Mobile Marketing at HealthPartners. Paula also has experience as the Founder and Executive Consultant at JumpStart Strategies from 2015 to 2017. Earlier in their career, they held multiple roles at Target, including Sr. Director of Marketing Operations, Director of Target.com Site Content Marketing, Director of Ecommerce Target.com, Sr. Group Manager of Merchandise Operations, and Sr. Buyer in Merchandising. Paula started their career at Macy's as a Sr. Buyer in Merchandising from 1999 to 2006. Paula also has previous experience at Northern Tool + Equipment, Alcoa, and Shell.

Paula Beckel has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Iowa State University - Ivy College of Business. Paula also obtained a Mini Master of Marketing Management from the University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business. In addition, Paula has a Mini Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the same institution. Paula holds additional certifications in Accessibility in Action from Microsoft APAC AI for Accessibility, which they obtained in October 2020, and a Social Media Marketing Certificate from the University of St. Thomas, obtained in December 2015.