For over 20 years, Professional Producer and SBE Certified Broadcast Technician Kathleen  (Olsen) Vater has provided professional Television Broadcast services to clients such as; (to name a few) Washington State Patrol Academy 1988-89 (Government); Multi Care Medical 1994-95 (Corporate); Puyallup School District 1989; Tacoma PBS station KBTC 1987-89 (TV Station/Industry); and Tulalip Tribes since 2001(Cultural/Organization).

Kathleen (Olsen) graduated from L.H. Bates Technical College in 1990 as Certified Broadcast Technician; with the help of hard earned and well rewarded grants and College scholarships, she went on to graduate from Highline Community College 1992 in Journalism and at the same time, interned teaching ‘Television Production Class 1991-92’; She completed her formal education and training by graduating from Washington State University 1995, with a Bachelors degree in Communications and Business. She was the one who incited the idea to professor and advisor Val Lindberg and department director Alex Tan, a unique graduate program  for 'Broadcast Management', which is combining the technical and business elements of Television Broadcasting together and is one of the first to graduate from this sequence program at WSU’s renown ‘Edward R. Murrow School of News Journalism and Broadcasting’ in 'Broadcast Management''. 

Kathleen has been awarded several ‘PRESTIGOUS AWARDS’: 1990 Apple of Distinction (WA State Teachers Award); 1990 recipient of the WAVE Scholarship, ''Washington Award for Vocational Excellence". Where she has been recognized for her contributions to her community and donating of her time and work to non profit organizations; Seattle Science Center ‘Dinosaurs Exhibit’, Tacoma; Black History Month Gala, Tacoma 1988; Multi Care Medical Employees Oyster Fest 1992, Tacoma; and many others.

Some of my current work can be seen on KANU TV CH 99 on the Tulalip Broadband cable television network located on the Tualip Tribes reservation, Marysville, Washington State.  I am one of the producers at KANU TV: I have produced  'Discover Tulalip Shows' and several PSA's (Public Service Announcements) 'Vote for Schools', 'Tulaip Votes', and more. (With the help of graphic designer Ruth  Hohman) I designed and produced the elements in the template used for the open, close, and bumpers for Discover Tulalip Show.  I have also created a variety of other video, graphic design, script writing and other technical work for KANU TV.  I am a professional video and still photographer but my specialty is producer director of programming.  My specialty is the complete training I have in all aspects of television which is vital to a station, and respecting my responsibility to the public to produce honest, quality, relevant, and technically up-to-date programs that meet the standards of television today!  

My uniquely educated and trained talents and degrees in journalism specifically 'Profesional News and Script writing', experience and degrees in 'Business Managenent, Finance, Marketing, and Advertising', and my favorite: 'Communication Law and Ethics, Social Psycology, Research and Analysis', and I am a certified Broadcast Televison Technician (which is equivalent to a two year Electrical Engineering degree), packages me up to be a useful contributing assett to your company for any project!