Faculty/Staff

Kassandra Patatanes

Assistant Program Director, Fintech Center, Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance
kpatatanes@usf.edu 
Campus: Tampa
Room: BSN 3518

Kassandra Patatanes is the assistant program director of the Fintech Center in the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance on the USF Tampa campus. She joins us with over six years of experience in higher education, marketing, and customer service combined. Patatanes has a strong record of developing marketing and communication strategies for programs across multiple media platforms as well as managing logistics and operations of event planning, booking, and promotions.

Prior to her appointment at the Muma College of Business, Patatanes was a senior program manager at the University of Rhode Island Foundation and Alumni Engagement where she spearheaded many successful campus programs for groups including the College of Business, Student Alumni Association, and the Young Alumni Council. She is credited with achieving record event attendance and introducing new programming throughout her programs at the University of Rhode Island bringing together the student body, alumni, and local community. 

Before her position at University of Rhode Island, Patatanes was the marketing communications coordinator at Touchstone Crystal by Swarovski. 

Patatanes earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Rhode Island.