Kate Litscher

Kate Litscher has a diverse work experience spanning different roles and industries. Kate is currently working at GoodTime.io as a DevOps Team Lead since April 2022, where they utilize their expertise in software engineering. Prior to this, Kate worked as a Software Engineer at the same company from January 2021.

Before joining GoodTime.io, Kate worked at IBM from 2018 to 2021. Kate started as a Software Developer in January 2018 and was later promoted to Staff Software Developer in July 2020. During their time at IBM, they gained experience in various areas such as Java, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, and Git. Kate also worked on projects involving Kubernetes and Docker, and created a small security guild. Additionally, Kate led a New Hire team and facilitated improvements within the company by establishing connections with other business units and programs.

Prior to IBM, Kate had experiences as a Community Advisor at Iowa State University Department of Residence from August 2016 to December 2017. Kate also interned at IBM as a zSystems Intern from May 2017 to July 2017 and at Principal Financial Group as a Quality Assurance Intern from May 2016 to July 2016. Kate started their career as a Waitress at Hy-Vee from June 2014 to February 2016.

With their diverse background, Kate Litscher possesses a strong skill set in software engineering, DevOps, and team leadership.

Kate Litscher has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University. Additionally, they have another bachelor's degree in Women's Studies from the same university. Kate has obtained multiple certifications, including "Most Value(s)able Player" from GoodTime.io in December 2022, "IBM Virtual Collaborator" from IBM in July 2020, "IBM Mentor" from IBM in March 2019, "Docker Essentials: A Developer Introduction" from IBM in October 2018, "First Patent File" from IBM in October 2018, "Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner" from IBM in September 2018, "IBM Agile Explorer" from IBM in April 2018, "Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner" from Scaled Agile, Inc. in March 2020. Kate also completed the "IBM Developer Jumpstart - Practitioner" certification, although the obtained month and year are not specified.