Karen Cone
Board Director | Venture Partner | Former CEO & Corp GM | Startups | Microsoft | TowerGroup | MasterCard | Gartner | IBM
- Role
- Board of Advisors at Women In Cloud
- Location
- Redmond, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Karen Cone
A visionary with proven ability to execute, who translates innovation into reality. A board director with Fyrii.ai and AffableBPM, venture partner with Mastersfund, board observer with Pagedip and serving on multiple advisory boards for early-stage growth technology firms and Women in Cloud. Former Microsoft GM of Worldwide Financial Services, CEO & Board Director of TowerGroup, Gartner International Board Director & SVP. Also has held senior executive positions with increasing responsibility and scope at IBM and MasterCard. Karen Cone\'s global business acumen and multi-cultural intelligence is gleaned from working in the Americas, EMEA & Asia and living in the UK, Germany, Russia, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and the United States. Expertise includes opening and penetrating global markets, digital transformation, identifying and developing talent, strategic thought leadership, operational management, regulatory and compliance, and use of leading-edge technologies, such as AI/ML, Cloud, FinTech, RegTech and blockchain.
Experience
Board of Advisors
Jan 2020 — Present
A global community-led economic development organization dedicated to taking collective action to generate $1B in new net economic access for women entrepreneurs and professionals by 2030.
Education
Franklin & Marshall College, USA
BA, Sino Soviet Studies
Yunnan Normal University, China
Honorary MBA Professorship
Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
United Nations Exchange Program
Skills
- Product Management
- Strategy
- IT Strategy
- Financial Services
- Business Strategy
- Analytics
- Mergers
- Leadership
- Market Research
- Management
- Forecasting
- Business Development
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Analysis
- Strategic Partnerships
- Risk Management
- Management Consulting
- Executive Management
- Banking
- Strategic Planning
- Sales Operations
- New Business Development
- Business Analysis
- Product Development
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Saas
- Start-Ups
- Enterprise Software
- Business Intelligence
- Competitive Analysis
- Program Management
- Vendor Management
- Process Improvement
- Business Alliances
- Crm
- Marketing Management
- Marketing
- Integration
- Solution Selling
- Sales
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