R. Kat Morse Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland

Drive the overall strategy and direction of the Digital Innovation Team. This team designs and delivers industry wide innovation initiatives, drives strategic partnerships, and creates and executes innovation events, supporting multiple business units. Built a Digital Innovation Ecosystem, a community over 100+ aviation industry specialists in order to acquire broad subject matter expertise to benefit industry initiatives and drive pilots, POCs, and further research and exploration. Bring together airlines, airports, aircraft operators, aviation innovation hubs, value chain providers, startups, and universities in order to create a comprehensive forum where the aviation industry can collaborate. Optimized the Digital Innovation portfolio of IATA, transforming the initiatives to be more dynamic, agile, and fit for purpose for the current industry environment. Responsible for the development and execution of internal and external communications, strategic partnerships, around the Digital Transformation Agenda. Innovation Lead for IATA's Digital Transformation Advisory Council.Lead the Digital Innovation Strategic Partnership program, created to further a culture of digital innovation and transformation with a specific focus on the end-to-end customer journey. Foster relationships with the partners in order to understand their goals and innovation themes.

Geneva, Switzerland

Responsible for the creation, launch, and management of the first industry-owned travel tech accelerator, Accelerate@IATA. Supplying greater speed, agility, and technical expertise, Accelerate@IATA is intended to stimulate new solutions to support airlines multi-divisional activities.Worked with over 120+ airlines and 150+ startups to promote innovation in the aviation world through industry wide collaboration by scouting new technologies and startups that can make an impact in the aviation space. For airlines, this accelerator was created to bring innovation to airlines at an industry level and keep a watch on new technologies that can bring value to our airline members. For startups, it was created to help connect new entrants with promising solutions to the airline industry and give them the education and contacts they need to succeed in the aviation industry.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Responsible for the ideation stream of IATA's Innovation Ecosystem and the Strategic Partnerships for the Financial and Distribution Services division. Manager of the AIR (Airline Industry Retailing) Think Tank, an ideation group comprised of strategic thought leaders from across the industry working together to develop new initiatives that will become standards to shape the future of airline retailing.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Business Development: researched and identified new market opportunities; constructed and managed a portfolio of key accounts such as international businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and private banks. Created and implemented a 5-year business development strategy; established the event development and marketing strategy to meet target goals. Legal: as in-house counsel, responsible for all legal matters including drafting, negotiating, and closing all contracts, including employment, partnership, supplier, and mergers/acquisitions; preparation of reports to the the board of directors, managing team, potential investors, Wiine.Me, and Salon du Champagne teams; and drafted the company's privacy regulations.Founder & Director of the Salon du Champagne: created Switzerland’s premier champagne event with over 5,000 guests in Zurich and Geneva. Led a team of ten in all aspects of event creation and operations: recruitment of exhibitors; communication and media relations; partnership and sponsor development; sales to trade and public; event logistics; master class organization; marketing and strategy. Director of Events: created and managed more than 100 events per year across Switzerland with over 3,000 attendees; developed a network of sommeliers and wine educators; organized all event logistics; first point of contact with private and corporate clients; creation of training program for wine educators and Wiine.Me team. Project Supervisor: head sommelier in charge of the wine portfolio (sourcing, selection, negotiations); head wine educator; responsible for all online and offline content; brand building and analysis; key account management.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Hired to form programs and initiate relationships between the Môvenpick Cellars and international businesses in Geneva. First employee to organize events to specifically target English speaking expatriates and young professionals in the Geneva area. Assist customers, sales, and coordinate deliveries of wine shipments. Created a large scale wine and food pairing event for over 150 people, the first of its kind in Geneva.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Wine with Kat is a wine education and consulting company that takes the snobbery out of wine and makes wine more approachable. WWK offers English language wine courses in a variety of forms: introductory wine tastings, one day intensive courses, five and ten week beginning and advanced wine courses. Currently developing an online wine education program specifically designed for busy young professionals. Organize basic and specialized wine tastings and other wine related events. Created a range of wine events such as themed tastings, one-day intensive programs, and food and wine pairing events. Organize wine tasting holidays in France, Switzerland, and Italy for individuals to large groups. Work with multiple cellars and event planners in the Geneva and Rhone-Alps area for private tastings and various events. Assist in coordinating wine tastings. Advise clients in selecting wines for their events. Develop tasting programs and wine themes for clients.

Las Vegas, Nevada

GS Integrated Healthcare Systems is an integrated healthcare company which consists of three rehabilitation clinics in Las Vegas; GS Home Healthcare Agency in Las Vegas; medical practice management; and provides nursing and therapy services to contracted facilities. Assisted in-house counsel in preparing immigration applications, drafting employment contracts, real estate contracts, and business purchase agreements. As I currently live near Geneva, Switzerland I worked for this company on a contractual basis and traveled to Las Vegas when my services were necessary.

Assist the In-House Counsel with immigration law matters. Research and file specialty and employment based visas for clients. Global Professional Healthcare Providers, Inc. is a staffing company that alleviates the health care shortage by providing foreign trained therapists to hospitals, home health agencies, rehabilitation facilitates, and skilled nursing facilitates.

Assist Veterans in appealing for disability compensation. Research disability law and administrative law in order to write legal memorandum regarding client’s case. Work with attorneys to build clients’ cases in appealing to the Veteran’s Administration

Researched and drafted legal memoranda regarding issues of labor, employment, and immigration law. Assisted in drafting of closing papers for a real estate transaction. Investigated pending cases dealing with corporate, employment, and contract law. Assisted in preparing for negotiations and attended settlement negotiations.

Manage recruitment in the West Coast Region. Member of an international recruitment team to engage foreign trained healthcare professionals.

Founded both the Relay for Life at the University of Rochester and the chapter of Colleges Against Cancer, raising over $100,000 in two years; Intern for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer where I assisted in the planning of an event of over 1,000 walkers and raised over $500,000 for cancer research.

Diplome, Wine & Law

Attended the EU/US Transnational Wine Law program. Covered EU and US wine law, economics and wine marketing, and intellectual property.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: ABA Client Counseling Competition - Student Coach (2010), Student Bar Association - Vice President (2009.

B.S., Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Concentration Neurobiology

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant for Brain & Vision Lab under Daphne Bavelier, Colleges Against Cancer - President, Brain &.