Melanie Paterniti

Melanie Paterniti is an experienced accounting professional currently serving as an Accounting Coordinator at Kern Community College District since April 2022. Prior to this role, Melanie accumulated nearly two decades of experience at Halliburton, where various positions included Technical Sales Advisor for Alaska and California, Technical Professional with the Denver Tech Team, Account Representative, and Field Engineer. Key responsibilities at Halliburton involved providing technical support for production enhancement, hydraulic fracture design, modeling and evaluation, and conducting regional production studies. Melanie holds a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering from Dalhousie University, along with studies at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.