Katie Laird

Communications Director
Schipul - The Web Marketing Company

An Internet nerd and Social Media fanatic at heart, she spends much of her time testing out new online applications and has been published nationally for her ideas on integrating powerful online tools into smart marketing plans. Katie is also a proud co-founder of Houston Netsquared – a Houston-area group dedicated to advancing nonprofit organizations’ objectives through online technology (www.netsquared.org).

A longtime Blogger, you can find Katie online writing about Social Media, knitting and everything in between at www.happykatie.com, sharing stories about her awesome daughter Ella at www.happykiddo.com, organizing a local art club called Houston Dr. Sketchy’s at www.houstonsketchy.com.

You'll also catch her recording her entrepreneur-focused radio program, The Business Maker's Overtime Show, as she captures business owners' stories, challenges and triumphs for a national radio and online podcast audience.

When not glued to her laptop (aka: 'geeking out’), Katie spends her days playing with vintage Soviet cameras, harassing used book store employees, baking the world’s best cupcakes and pushing short people in swings on the playground with her family.