Karen Ford

Frontend Architect

Karen Ford is an experienced frontend architect currently working at Autodesk since February 2025. Prior to this role, Karen served as a principal software engineer at Lithia & Driveway from August 2023 to February 2025, leading the software development life cycle process and technical excellence within a team of principal engineers and architects. Before that, Karen was a lead developer at Detroit Labs from November 2017 to August 2023, providing process and technical frontend leadership across various projects. Karen's career began as a senior UI engineer at Perficient Digital from March 2007 to November 2017, and previously as a software engineer on diverse projects utilizing frontend, mobile, and .NET technologies. Education includes an Associate in Applied Science in Web Graphic Design from Washtenaw Community College and a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from Western Michigan University.

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Ypsilanti, United States

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