Karen transforms brands and businesses. She is a seasoned marketing leader and brand strategist that is purpose driven and known for identifying breakthroughs to growth. Karen spent over 20 years on the management side leading global brands and since then has worked as a consultant with firms ranging from startups to Fortune 500. Her functional expertise extends beyond marketing to strategic planning and organizational development with a focus on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion). She is an enterprising leader with proven success in concept-to-execution and business turnaround. She has significant segment expertise, including US Hispanic and multicultural and is regarded for her ability to identify emerging opportunities globally having conducted business with 200 countries. She is also a proud first generation American Latina.Specialties: • Marketing & Brand Strategy• Digital • Strategic Planning• Multicultural and Hispanic• Profit and Loss Management• Organizational Change• International• Product Management• Business Development & Expansion• Matrix Organization• Acquisition and Integration• Licensing • Agency Relationship• Consumer Acquisition and Retention• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion• Public Speaker• Executive Recruitment