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Kiah Buchner

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About Me

Lifestyle

I'm a Northern California native that loves spending time in the sunshine with my pup Maya.  When I take a break from the home office you can find me out at the beach watching Maya jump in the waves or sitting down to a great meal with friends and family.  


I'm all about fostering relationships with good people and building a community around me of people I can learn from and grow with.

Why Operations?

I am extremely curious by nature and love thinking through all the small details it takes to make an experience complete.  I'm always questioning how and why things go together.  You'll find me in line at a store thinking about how they process inventory and tracking to restock and what their ROI must be.  I'm always asking myself HOW?  


I also love people and making sure that a new process or project takes into account the human element and how they will be effected or if they'll understand the process.  Is it built for everyone?


As Walt Disney said, "There is no magic in magic, it’s all in the details."

Created by Tina Fan, Chief Customer Officer at Bolt

Kiah: verb, past tense: Kiahed

  • Receive help, thoughtfulness, advice and care to succeed
  • Be told how it is honestly and ideas on how to make it better

Experience

Head of Operations | Range

  • Early stage operations: HR, Finance, Legal / Compliance, Member Support
  • Research, implement and create systems that will scale with the company
  • Manage the Financial Planning Team

Special Projects | Bolt

  • Own large cross functional people operations projects from start to finish like 
  • M&A planning and integration into the company
  • Budget for people team and company wide headcount planning

Chief of Staff | Bolt

  • Manage office of the CEO team
  • Proxy for CEO in meetings and draft emails and communication on his behalf
  • Thought partner through large organizational changes
  • Company planning and ORKs
  • Quarterly board prep and facilitate meetings
  • Create annual executive budget and track against actuals
  • Prep & facilitate weekly Executive Leadership Team meetings
  • Coordinate quarterly executive off-sites

Board Member & Secretary | Let's Talk Ops

  • Quarterly board meetings to align on content and budget 
  • Brainstorm programming and value to members
  • Meet with potential new members

Operations Lead | Expa

  • Onboarded new portfolio companies into the community
  • Managed multi-million dollar annual budget over 3 offices
  • Built out two offices from shell space and one remodel
  • Strategy and execution of development events including demo days, masterclasses, fireside chats and more
  • Managed facilities team, IT and security programs

Operations Manager | Advantis Global

  • Daily on/offboarding of contractors
  • Auditing weekly time sheets
  • Assist with HR programs like open enrollment
  • Manage office, reception and employee events
  • On/offboarding of internal employees

Operations Manager | Cloverleaf Ranch

  • Payroll, AR, AP
  • Horse boarding monthly payments and new contracts
  • Event tours and contracts
  • Staff hiring for summer program
  • Resident camp manager during the summers (15 staff and 100 campers a week)
  • Coordinate days off, camper activities, cabin planning

EDUCATION

B.S. Business Administration, Marketing from Sonoma State University


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