Karen Siles

Karen Mariela Siles is a delivery manager for IBM Corp. in Austin. Her current role involves leading the delivery and development of a new Block and File IBM Cloud Service. Siles has been with IBM since 2007 where she has held several positions from software development to her current role in the cloud business unit. Her achievements at IBM include filing four patents and publishing three, leading her to achieve her first Patent Plateau last year.

In addition to her professional experience at IBM, Siles has also been a part of the Hispanic Employee Resource Group at IBM Austin for the past 10 years and served as the chair the for previous two. Siles received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from George Mason University in May 2007 and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business. Siles is also a 2012 graduate of the Hispanic Austin Leadership program. Last summer she began serving as the chair for the National Academic Committee of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Inc.

Siles’ other volunteer work includes serving as chair for the board of directors for the nonprofit Latinitas and on the board for CommUnityCare Health Centers.