Karen's passion for solutions that combine academics and action to make an impact in society led her to hold diverse roles with the connecting theme of innovation. VP BD Americas at FIWARE Foundation supporting the adoption of open source in LATAM and North America. Karen holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University looking at social and economic development angles. Member of the FIWARE IHubs support committee and the Executive Board of TOKEN Transformative Impact of Blockchain Technologies project funded by the EU Commission´s Horizon Europe 2020 Program. She has worked for the International Finance Corporations´ Doing Business Review Team and The World Bank Innovation and Urban Development units in Washington DC, Tanzania, Tunisia, Burkina Faso. In NY she worked at the United Nations Headquarters. She was also a former Director in the public administration in her home country Latin America and worked as advisor and consultant at the Parliament, Ministry of Housing, Building, Sanitation and Transport Authorities. She is passionate about what digitalization and what especially open source can bring to the improvement of the quality of life of cities and rural areas across sectors and business.
Karen's passion for solutions that combine academics and action to make an impact in society led her to hold diverse roles with the connecting theme of innovation. VP BD Americas at FIWARE Foundation supporting the adoption of open source in LATAM and North America. Karen holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University looking at social and economic development angles. Member of the FIWARE IHubs support committee and the Executive Board of TOKEN Transformative Impact of Blockchain Technologies project funded by the EU Commission´s Horizon Europe 2020 Program. She has worked for the International Finance Corporations´ Doing Business Review Team and The World Bank Innovation and Urban Development units in Washington DC, Tanzania, Tunisia, Burkina Faso. In NY she worked at the United Nations Headquarters. She was also a former Director in the public administration in her home country Latin America and worked as advisor and consultant at the Parliament, Ministry of Housing, Building, Sanitation and Transport Authorities. She is passionate about what digitalization and what especially open source can bring to the improvement of the quality of life of cities and rural areas across sectors and business.
