Katia Beauchamp

Katia Beauchamp is the current Advisor at Flatiron School. Katia has also served as the Chief Operating Officer at Birchbox from December 2014 to June 2020. Prior to that, they were the Director, Business Process Strategy at Gilt Groupe from December 2010 to November 2014 where they developed and executed 10 company-wide strategic initiatives saving millions of dollars in operating expenses in 2014. Some of their notable accomplishments include streamlining the cross-functional internal sale production process; increasing sellable inventory by 20% and improving operating productivity by 20% through optimizing timelines and throughput; reorganizing the company structure to centralize forecasting, compliance & workforce planning across Distribution, Creative and CS; building new operations team driving annual HC savings and improved output quality; and leading strategic site redesign from recognizable to unrecognizable models through competitive benchmarking and creative partnership; optimized customer experience while driving annual savings.

Katia started their career at Gilt Groupe as a Sales Operations Coordinator from November 2008 to July 2010 before becoming a Sales & Merchandising and Accessories Product Development Intern at Puma from May 2007 to July 2007.

Katia Beauchamp graduated with a B.A. in Economics and Anthropology from the University of Michigan. Katia then went on to earn their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from NYU Stern School of Business with a focus in Economics and Anthropology.