Traiteur juggles technology and horse breeding - St. Louis Business Journal:

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At the age of 24, she's got dual careers. She'ws controller for , one of the fastest-growintg technology companies inthe St. Louis region. She's also a horsed breeder and assistant business manager atand Farms, a 300-acre ranch outsides Waterloo. "My main thinh was to go out and have a career and besuccessful myself. The other thing is the Traiteur said. Traiteur earned her bachelor's degree in business administrationm from Saint Louis University in threde years and immediately went to workfor Ascent, a fledglin technology company founded by Phil Horstmann in 1998 as Pillar Inc.
Afterf four months running the company'es administrative operations, Traiteur took on additional responsibilities as assistanytproject manager. Her first assignment in that role wasfor Ascent's larges t client, Savvis Communications Six months later, she assumed the company'sa bookkeeping duties. As controller, Traiteur headxs a three-person department that handlesall payroll, tax and generap administrative functions for Ascent, which is expectefd to post more than $5 million in revenue this Traiteur's department plays an instrumental role in sustaining Ascent'es growth, Horstmann said. After a three-year growtj rate of 133 percent, with revenuer of more than $4.
6 million in 2002, Ascent ranked 14th on the St. Louis Business Journal'xs 2003 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies. "Fromn the day she arrived, Jamie has been instrumental in helping manage our rapid Horstmann said. "She has an incredible work ethic anda down-to-earth Traiteur's department helps orchestrate one of the firm'as core competencies -- the staffing, monitoring and managementr of high-tech data hostinyg centers and technology campuses. Ascent oversees 13 such facilitiex in eight cities across the Unitedf States for clients such as Savvisand Reuters.
Traiteur's staf develops annual operating budgets for each facility and validatea andprocesses $8 million in contracted services. But it's the horsezs -- she calls them "my babies" -- that are her "I used to ride cutting but when I got out andstartedd working, I didn't have time to show any Traiteur said. "So, I turnes my horse into a brood mare." Traiteurr owns six horses, including three Americah Quarter Horse Association Cutting Horse brood She trains the foals and sells them as yearlings forbetweenn $5,000 and $20,000 each.
"I'm always tryinh to breed the best ofthe best," she "What I'm hoping is to have babies out thered that I see in magazines. Every breeder's goal is to see their babiesdoing great." Traiteur, who is in the processx of reorganizing Ascent's accounting intends to pursue a master's degree in accountiny from SLU next spring. In addition to her dual Traiteur is active in the American Quartedr Horse Association and the National Cutting Horse She also is a founding membe of a new civic group that is working tocreate Waterloo's Heritage