Kary Hemingway

About Kary Hemingway

I work with leaders in the lodging and hospitality industry to simplify the complex world of sales and occupancy tax. With years of experience in enterprise sales, I take a consultative approach—partnering with CFOs, accounting, tax and operational executives to uncover risks, streamline compliance, and reduce audit exposure. Book an appointment with me here: https://avalara.chilipiper.com/me/kary-hemingwayHospitality businesses today face an especially difficult challenge: navigating ever-changing occupancy tax rules across hundreds of jurisdictions while still managing the complexity of sales and use tax. These obligations are not only time-consuming, but also leave room for costly errors and increased audit risk if managed manually.That’s where Avalara is uniquely positioned to help. Avalara is the only company that delivers a true end-to-end compliance platform for both sales and occupancy tax—from real-time tax calculation, to filing and remittance, to certificate and reporting management. No other provider removes as much manual effort from the process, giving finance and operations teams the freedom to focus on the guest experience rather than tax paperwork.My role is to guide lodging businesses through this journey—helping them move away from spreadsheets and manual filings toward a streamlined, automated approach. The result? More accuracy, less risk, and significant time saved for busy finance teams.I believe in building long-term partnerships rooted in trust and results. My goal is simple: to make tax compliance less taxing for the hospitality industry.

Experience

1. Enterprise Sales Executive, Lodging

   Avalara

   Mar 2022 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

   Avalara has pioneered a lodging specific solution to help the travel industry more efficiently manage their sales and occupancy tax requirements. We work with many of the largest companies in the Hotel Management, Online Travel and Short Term Rental industry. In this role I work closely with Avalara\'s compliance and implementation team to provide our clients with a solution that saves them time, money and frustration related to the heavy compliance lift imposed on this industry. We leverage the great relationships we have with our partners when needed to support advisory and technical requirements-Team Leader 2022, 2023 and 2024-Responsible for securing 15 net new customers in first 18 months

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  BA, Political Science

Skills

• Product Management
• Recruiting
• Analysis
• Business Development
• Saas
• Solution Selling
• Talent Acquisition
• Salesforce.com