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Katie brings a unique mix of investment experience, finance team leadership, and passion for teaching to founding Recalc. She spent over 10 years in private equity at Audax Group and Paxion Capital and led finance teams at multiple high-growth start-ups. She served as a teaching assistant at Harvard University and Stanford Graduate School of Business and as a mentor to many young investment professionals.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s seen what a difference spreadsheet skills make to career success and simultaneously how few have access to great training. 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