Katie Wokasch

Katie Wokasch

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Head of Product Engineering
Denver, Colorado, United States

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  • Namecom
    Head of Product Engineering
    Namecom
    Feb 2026 - Current (7 months)
    Leading Product Management and Product Engineering at name.com, focused on aligning product strategy, technical execution, and customer impact. Partnering closely with Engineering, Marketing and Design to bring clarity to complex problems and help teams deliver durable, customer-first solutions.
  • Namecom
    Senior Software Engineer
    Namecom
    Feb 2023 - Feb 2026 (3 years 1 month)
    Technical Contributions: - Partnered with Lead Frontend Engineer to create a custom framework for language localization, building compatible systems for both Vue and legacy PHP applications. - Assisted in migrating to Vike as the frontend build tool, enhancing pre-rendering and lazy hydration in development and production. - Developed a server-side Feature Flag library with Laravel’s Pennant framework, allowing safe continuous deployment of in-progress features. - Contributed to frontend architecture for a site-wide redesign, implementing reusable Pinia stores and composables for enhanced search functionality and developing a standardized API for the application. - Designed and deployed a scalable CI/CD pipeline to dynamically generate and
  • Namecom
    Software Engineer
    Namecom
    Mar 2021 - Feb 2023 (2 years)
    Technical Contributions: - Contributed to the development of a new API that improved frontend-backend integration and data retrieval by implementing a standardized response structure and new Repository class pattern. - Refactored the Google API integration to resolve subscription upgrade/downgrade issues, ensuring smooth product transitions for users. - Led the migration of the blog platform to WordPress API, enhancing SEO and user experience with a new Repository pattern. - Rebuilt customer-facing pages using Vue.js, enabling more efficient future development and improving the user experience. Project Leadership & Management: - Served as Scrum Master for the Engineering team, coordinating workflows and facilitating the onboarding of three
  • Namecom
    Associate Software Engineer
    Namecom
    Mar 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year 1 month)
  • Flatiron School
    Full-Stack Software Engineering Student
    Flatiron School
    Aug 2019 - Dec 2019 (5 months)
    15 Week Intensive – Full Stack Web Development • Frontend: JS fundamentals (ES6+), Component Pattern, React.js, Redux • Backend: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, MVC pattern, SQL, ORMs, Active Record Projects: • Homeward Bound - React and Node.js platform to help owners searching for their lost pets - Incorporated PetFinder API to search area shelters per search criteria - Github (Repos: github.com/kwokasch/Capstone-Frontend, github.com/kwokasch/Capstone- Backend) • Brew Book - Beer journal application built in Javascript and Ruby on Rails - Secured user account information with JWT Auth and allowed users to save searches of the BreweryDB API - Github (Repos: github.com/kwokasch/Brew-Book-Frontend, github.com/k
  • Chevron
    Geologist - Permian Basin
    Chevron
    Jun 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 3 months)
    - Identified and matured prospective intervals/plays in the southern Delaware Basin using well logs, seismic data, and regional interpretations in various geoscience software applications (Petra, ArcGIS, Petrel). - Worked with geologists and engineers on the Permian Basin Development Team to plan and execute an exploration well in the southern Delaware Basin. - Evaluated well proposals received from co‐owners and provided the Exploration Leadership Team with recommendations on participation. - Monitored competitor activity in southern Delaware Basin and investigated potential opportunities for future co‐development.
  • Chevron
    Geologist - Gulf of Mexico
    Chevron
    Jul 2015 - Jun 2018 (3 years)
    - Interpreted complicated salt canopy systems and collaborated with geophysicists to reprocess vendor velocity models and improve the sub-salt imaging. - Produced a structural restoration of an interpretation from the shelf to the abyssal plain in the western Gulf of Mexico using Lithotect. - Mapped several key deepwater prospects and presented comprehensive risk and resource assessments to management.
  • Chevron
    Geology Intern - Deepwater Exploration and Projects
    Chevron
    May 2014 - Aug 2014 (4 months)
    • Incorporated well data into seismic interpretation of potential deep water resource opportunity. • Conducted volumetric assessment using horizon grids and faults generated from seismic interpretation.
  • Colorado School of Mines
    MS Candidate, Research Assistant
    Colorado School of Mines
    Jan 2013 - May 2015 (2 years 5 months)
    - Assisted in geologic mapping and structural interpretation of the Castle Valley and Gypsum Valley salt walls in Moab, UT and Naturita, CO - Provided guidance to students during the undergraduate field camp and helped with grading student interpretations
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    Geo-tech Consultant
    Innovative GeoTech Resources LLC
    Jun 2012 - May 2013 (1 year)
    - Consulting geoscience technician with job responsibilities including database and map creation, map digitization and well log calibration
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    Kofenya Coffee
    Kofenya
    Aug 2011 - Jul 2012 (1 year)
    Preparation of specialty coffee-based beverages, sandwiches, and baked goods. Ability to work efficiently and effectively with other employees as well as interact well with customers required.
  • Miami University
    Outdoor Pursuit Center
    Miami University
    Dec 2009 - Aug 2011 (1 year 9 months)
    Help at the indoor/outdoor climbing facilities, work for center with leadership events, etc.
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    Counselor
    Camp Nellie Huckins
    Jun 2007 - Aug 2010 (3 years 3 months)
    Responsible for twelve 13-year-old girls for each of four, two-week-long sessions. Problem-solving, patience, understanding, and training required; selection of counselors is competitive and requires two summers in the leadership program prior to employment.
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  • Flatiron School
    Software Engineering
    Flatiron School
    Jan 2019
    15 Week Intensive – Full Stack Web Development • Frontend: JS fundamentals (ES6+), Component Pattern, React.js, Redux • Backend: Node.js, MVC pattern, SQL, ORMs, Active Record, Ruby on Rails Projects: • Homeward Bound - React and Node.js platform to help owners searching for their lost pets - Github (Repos: github.com/kwokasch/Capstone-Frontend, github.com/kwokasch/Capstone- Backend) • Brew Book - Beer journal application built in Javascript and Ruby on Rails - Secured user account information with JWT Auth - Github (Repos: github.com/kwokasch/Brew-Book-Frontend, github.com/kwokasch/Brew-Book- Backend, Demo: https://youtu.be/jUiugoPe5HQ) • Spotify Lite - Music search application built in Javascript and
  • Colorado School of Mines
    Master of Science (MS, Geology
    Colorado School of Mines
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 (2 years 1 month)
    Advisor: Bruce Trudgill Research: Three-Dimensional Modeling of Complex Salt Wall Terminations in the Paradox Basin: Implications for Salt Structure Evolution, Compartmentalizing Fault Trends and Petroleum Exploration
  • Miami University
    Bachelor of Science (BS, Geology
    Miami University
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2012 (4 years 1 month)
    Recipient of the Van der Veer Hilker Memorial Scholarship (April 2011). Accepted into Undergraduate Summer Scholars Program and provided funding for research in Greece studying structural geology.
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    Late Cenozoic Extensional Tectonics and Crustal Uplift, Northern Greece
    • Generated and submitted competitive research proposal to investigate extension-related uplift history of the Hellenide orogenic belt of northern Greece. • Funded project included detailed geologic mapping, documentation and stereographic analysis of fault/foliation orientations, photo mosaic interpretations of complex deformation, and sample collection for future fission-track analysis of regional uplift history.
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    Crustal Uplift and Extensional Tectonics of Pelagonia, Northern Greece
    Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v no p Geological Society of America Apr
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    Taking the leap: Why I left my comfortable corporate job to become a software engineer
    OCT
  • Sep
    Accessing the Spotify API : Working with the Spotify API using Ruby on Rails
    Sep
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    Three-dimensional modeling of complex salt wall terminations in the Paradox Basin: Implications for salt structure evolu
    AAPG Annual Convention Exhibition ACE Jun
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