Tag: employee spotlight

  • Employee Spotlight: Noelle Gutierrez

    Noelle Gutierrez serves our team as Client Support & Marketing Director/Office Mom! We’ve asked her a few fun questions to get to know her a little better:

    Q. What is your job at eTekhnos?

    A. I am the Client Support & Marketing Director, but I also play the role of Office Mom! I help clients manage their web portals, social media channels and facilitate partnerships with new clients. As Office Mom, I encourage the health and well-being of the rest of the staff by making health shakes and providing impromptu therapy sessions!

    Q. What is your favorite aspect of your job?

    A. I love to interact with people and offer helpful service. Providing quality support that assists clients in meeting their goals is the most rewarding part of my job.

    Q. Do you have a favorite sports team?

    A. As a Midwest girl who lived outside of Chicago, I was super excited to see the Cubs win the World Series last Fall! I rep the team down here in Texas by flying my Cubs flag off our front porch!

    Q. What did you want to be when growing up?

    A. When I was younger I wanted to be a judge for the Supreme Court. In pursuing that goal, I got a B.S. in Paralegal Studies at Southern Illinois University where I also met my husband. I enjoyed working for several years as a paralegal in Illinois before starting a family and moving to Texas!

    Q. Do you have any hobbies?

    A. I love to eat healthy and workout. I devote a lot of time outside of work to helping people reach their health and fitness goals. It’s very rewarding to see people get healthy, fit and active and watch them pass that on to future generations. I love seeing my kids adopt healthy habits that I know they will model for their children down the road.

     

  • Employee Spotlight: Kate McGaughey

    Processed with VSCO with c1 presetKate McGaughey joined our team this Spring as our Social Media Director! We’ve asked her a few fun questions to get to know her a little better:

    Q. What is your job at eTekhnos?

    A. I am the Social Media Director. I help clients find their brand’s voice by selecting and producing content on relevant industry topics, scheduling posts for their blogs and social media accounts, and creating special campaigns and email blasts. In addition, I write about social media and technology best practices and how they can be best utilized by employee benefit agencies on our eTekhnos blog, as well as blasting fun and helpful content on our Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter!

    Q. What is your favorite aspect of your job?

    A. I love when a client comes to me with a new product or service they want to get people excited about, and I have the opportunity to work with them on both the promotional strategy and the actual implementation of the campaign. It’s fun to work with a client to achieve their vision, and get to be creative in the process!

    Q. Where is the furthest you have traveled?

    A. I previously worked as a flight attendant for a major airline where I had the opportunity to travel all the time! My furthest trip (as well as one of my favorite) was to Moscow, Russia! I was there for two days during their annual Moscow Day Festival and had the chance to take in their unique architecture, delicious food and thought-provoking art!

    Q. What is your favorite book?

    A. I loved The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It takes place in Germany during WWII and follows the life of a young girl who steals books, each that is connected to a person or a significant story. Her German family ends up harboring a young Jewish man from the Nazis, and their friendship causes the reader to think in a broader sense about how even though we are different from many people in our world, at the end of the day we are all human, and are all deserving of love and respect.

    Q. What is an ability you wish you had?

    A. I wish I had the ability to fly! Although I spent a year marveling at the world from above when I was working for the airline, I’ve always wished I was able to fly from place to place and float over beautiful landscapes on my own. I may or may not try to find Neverland 😉

  • Employee Spotlight: Rachel Hartke

    rachelhartke3Rachel Hartke joined our team last Fall as our newest Benefit Technology Specialist! We’ve asked her a few fun questions to get to know her a little better:

    Q: What is your title at eTekhnos? 

    A. I am a Benefit Technology Specialist. I build Employee Navigator sites for clients.

    Q: Do you volunteer?

    A. I volunteer at my children’s elementary school. I get to spend a little time in the classroom and make copies, organize items for future projects, sharpen pencils, help out in the library and plan class parties.

    Q: Any favorite line from a movie?

    A. “No one puts baby in the corner” from Dirty Dancing. And I love that movie to this day – 30 years later. I use that quote almost on a daily basis because there always seems to be the right opportunity!

    Q: If you could meet anyone in the world dead or alive who would it be and why? 

    A. Princess Diana. She was an amazing person with a big heart.  She was just beautiful inside and out. I have looked up to her since I was a little girl. She has was such a great role model in so many ways.

    Q: What is something people may not know about you? 

    A. I was on the talk show Jerry Springer when I was in college (just the audience but for some reason the camera would ALWAYS pan on me. I had family members and friends from all over calling me and saying they saw me on TV). 

    Something else people might not know about me, that is, if you have never heard me talk, is I am definitely from Chicago.  My husband and I were both born and raised in the Chicago suburbs and moved here to Texas about 3 years ago.  I love the weather. A pool definitely helps!