Magpie Consulting LLC was founded by Deborah McAtee in 2007. Deborah is a native Montanan and received a master’s degree in mathematics from Montana State University. Since then, she has developed property in Big Sky, where she learned to write covenants and by-laws, and was senior editor at Bandersnatch Research, an online publisher covering the energy industry from oil wells to methane hydrates. She homeschooled four children through graduation and developed their history curriculum. After organizing so many different kinds of information, Deborah realized that she loved gathering and organizing information of any kind and founded Magpie Consulting to help businesses better organize their information to achieve their goals.

Deborah’s training and education includes:

  • Internal Auditor and Certified Lead Auditor for ISO-9001 Quality Management Systems
  • Continuing legal education in Montana employment law

For more information, see her profile on LinkedIn.

What Our Clients Say

autopilot bozeman montana
My background is engineering. Staying true to the stereotype, writing is not a strength of mine. I also enjoy developing entrepreneurial ideas quickly with other people. At Autopilot, we often find that our minds and collaboration outpace our ability to capture all of the details, document them, and convert them into a useful document for later. When Deborah joins us, we can just go our ways and know that a short time later we will have an accurate written record of our developments. Deborah is great for business plans, grant proposals, and other technical documents. She will ask the right questions that enable her to articulate your thoughts. She has been a great help in allowing me to focus on my strengths while supporting my weaknesses. Read More

Matt McCune - Bozeman, MT

Magpie provides support with paperwork and organization so manufacturers can focus on making high-quality products. I am extremely grateful for the internal audit for the HR procedures that came from Deborah McAtee and her team. She thoroughly prepared me in what changes I needed to make and what procedures I needed in place to be ready for the main audit. Our auditor was very impressed with my file system, training records and orientation process and everything she asked for I was able to provide immediately. If I was to ever leave my position here, the auditor felt anyone could walk in and follow the procedures I had in place for new hires, orientation, and training. I owe this to Deborah for her excellent feedback and suggestions to make the HR dept. what it is today. Read More

Caroline Arce - Bozeman, MT

joe esparza of leadership outfiiters
Deborah at Magpie helped us out on a very complex training project for a multi-national company. The training project consisted of a Training Manual, Leader’s Guide, PowerPoint Slides, Photos, and Test. To say the least, it was very comprehensive and detailed. Magpie took the project and made it very easy for me to be the subject matter expert, taking what I knew and making it into what the client was looking for. Deborah did a great job making sure all the details of the project matched and it was done on-time. We received rave reviews on the training and materials. I would trust any other project I would get to Magpie. Read More

Joe Esparza - Bozeman, MT

susan swimley
Good covenants reflect the vision for the property. An owners’ association needs clear direction and authority. Deborah is the right person to listen, ask the right questions and write the covenants to capture the vision for the property. Having been involved in an association, she brings knowledge of “how it works” to the drafting of clear association documents. Read More

Susan Swimley - Bozeman, MT

Deborah has been an integral part of our internal quality audit program here at Lattice Materials for almost two years. Deborah’s participation is beneficial to us because she offers a unique outside perspective that our internal auditors cannot provide. She has a talent for asking questions that not only prepare our employees for our upcoming recertification audit but also help us uncover any weaknesses that we may have in our system before they become major nonconformances. She takes the audits seriously and is very professional, but each employee she talks to is at ease due to her friendly disposition. Read More

Sara Mines - Bozeman, MT