Karen Kilroy

Karen Kilroy, Kilroy Blockchain's CEO, is a lifelong technologist with a heart. Living in Austin, Texas, she has invented several products including Casey, Kilroy Blockchain PaaS, Riley, and Carnak. Karen believes that artificial intelligence doesn't have to be scary and that technology can be proactively designed to be used for good. Karen's background includes many years of working as an open-source software engineer, which has prepared her for the new world of cognitive intelligence and tamper-evident ledgers.

Karen is a Certified IBM Foundation Blockchain Developer and a Certified Magento Front-End Developer. Named IBM Champion in the blockchain category, Karen is an experienced public speaker and author. She is the author of O'Reilly Media publications "Blockchain as a Service" and "AI and the Law" (Winter 2020). Karen is also a professional dragon boat coach, and volunteers to coach the Wildcats at the Texas School of the Blind and Visually Impaired.