Lena Karkar

Lena Karkar currently serves as the Director of Product Security Architecture & Engineering at Baxter International Inc. since August 2025. Previously, Lena held various leadership roles at Medtronic from January 2015 to August 2025, including Director of Product Cybersecurity and Privacy for Cardiac Rhythm Management, where responsibilities encompassed security risk assessments and vulnerability management across product portfolios. Additional roles at Medtronic included Senior Engineering Manager for Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health, focusing on Product Security, Data Privacy, and overseeing a multi-disciplinary organization. Lena's early career featured positions such as Senior Product Security Program Manager and Senior Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Medtronic, alongside a research fellowship at the FDA and engineering consultancy. Lena holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.