Summary
Katherine Turk is a Sr. BI Developer and seasoned operations leader with eight years of experience blending mechanical engineering rigor and data-driven decision making in chemicals and energy sectors. She has led reliability and continuous improvement programs, driven major commissioning and capital projects, and supervised operations teams while applying root cause analysis and Weibull/vibration analytics to improve asset performance. As VP and co-owner of a consulting firm, she translates complex E&P and engineering problems into bespoke software, databases, and ML/AI guidance for technical teams. Comfortable moving between shop-floor troubleshooting and strategic technical advising, she pairs a UT Austin Mechanical Engineering background with hands-on project delivery on multi-million-dollar initiatives. Notably, she brings both manufacturing credibility—having managed plant start-ups and ISO-certified operations—and a growing practice in software-enabled engineering solutions.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin