Karen Clarkson

Karen’s superpowers are strategy, execution, and revenue generation. As a VP of Client Strategy, for a global technology company, she works with her C-Suite developing long term business strategies to drive new revenue streams, businesses or reduce friction across divisions. She manages a $1B portfolio and leads 10 industry teams, creating the strategies for their Fortune 500/Global 1000 customers in IT Services, Business Workflow and Information Management with SaaS or PaaS models. She was responsible for building an internal startup and is currently working on an acquisition to support the growth for this new service. She understands how businesses work with her strong sales and operational backbone through identifying and solving business challenges; with customer experience being part of her DNA. Karen’s most valuable contribution as a leader is her tenacity to drive a group toward results, share her passion and joy, initiative innovative change and keep things moving at a rapid pace.