Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
, Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship -Harvard Law School
Executive Program on Negotiation (PON), -The University of Georgia
B.A., English, -Singapore American School
, -Work Experience
IGNITE AGENTS - Executive Search & Talent Advisory
Current
IGNITE AGENTS - Executive Search & Talent Advisory
Various Companies
Current
Various Companies
Bridge Partners - Executive Search
2023-01-01 - 2025-01-01
Bridge Partners - Executive Search
Native Current
2020-01-01 - 2024-01-01
Native Current
OpenAccess - Inclusive Executive Search
2017-01-01 - 2023-01-01
OpenAccess - Inclusive Executive Search
HumanKind
2017-01-01 - 2018-01-01
HumanKind
Dream.Org
2016-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Dream.Org
The Castanet Group
2014-01-01 - 2017-01-01
The Castanet Group
ILM Partners
2009-01-01 - 2013-01-01
ILM Partners
Initiative Staffing
2009-01-01 - 2012-01-01
Initiative Staffing
Skills
Summary
Karen is a Founding Partner and San Francisco office leader for IGNITE AGENTS. For 20+ years, she has helped large multinationals, high-growth start-ups, social enterprises, and non-profits solve critical challenges through executive and board search, leadership development, and mission innovation. Prior to executive search, Karen held enterprise tech GTM leadership roles for several VC-backed enterprise SaaS startups through multiple market cycles in Silicon Valley. She began her career as a Financial Analyst for ABM AMRO in Taipei, Taiwan.