Karen retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of National Instruments Corp., a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software, in 2023. She served in this role since 2017. Karen also previously served as National Instruments' Treasurer. Prior thereto, she served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at NXP Semiconductors N.V., a global semiconductor company and a long-standing supplier in the industry, where she led the integration efforts for the NXP/Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. merger, from 2015 to 2017. Prior to the merger, Karen held several leadership positions at Freescale with increasing responsibility, including Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Director of Operations and Finance, Global Sales and Marketing, Director of Finance, Supply Chain, and Director of Finance, Continuous Development. Karen is also a Director of Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, as well as a member of its Audit Committee.
Karen holds an M.B.A from The University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Finance from Northern Illinois University.