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Karen Richardson is an American industrial engineer. She currently serves as a non-executive director on BP's board.[1][2]
Karen Richardson | |
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| Citizenship | American |
| Education | BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and award distinctions from the Stanford Industrial Engineering Department and the American Institute of Industrial Engineers (AIIE). |
| Known for | American executive in the software industry |
Education
editRichardson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and has earned recognition from both the Stanford Industrial Engineering Department and the American Institute of Industrial Engineers.[3]
Career
editRichardson currently sits on several corporate boards, including BP, [1]; Exponent[2]and States Title.[4]
Richardson was previously a member of the board of directors of BT Group[5] from November 2011 to July 2018[6], Worldpay from 2016 to 2019, and Hi5 Networks Inc.[7] from 2008 until December 2011.
Richardson also served as a board member of VirtuOz[8] until January 2013, Aysadi until 2021[9][10][11], HackerRank,[12], i2[13] and the San Francisco Opera.[14][15][16]
She has sat on the advisory board of Proofpoint Inc., and of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program[17] at Stanford University. She is also a former advisor to Silver Lake Partners.
Richardson served as chief executive of E.piphany. She held several senior sales positions at Netscape Communications Corp. from 1995 to 1998. As executive vice president of sales at Netscape, Richardson concentrated on markets such as telecommunications and financial services and the development of new markets.[18] Prior to her position at Netscape, Richardson was VP of Worldwide Sales at Collabra Software, Inc., and worked for four years with Lotus Development Corporation in sales and marketing roles as well as at cc:Mail and 3Com Corporation.[18]
Personal life
editRichardson's grandfather was a farmer from Saskatchewan who graduated with a PhD in chemistry from Stanford University. Her mother entered Stanford at the age of 16 to study mathematics, and her father is also a Stanford alumnus.[19] She is married to Jon Rubinstein,[20] former Co-CEO of investment firm Bridgewater Associates.[21]
References
edit- ^ "BP Names Karen Richardson And Johannes Teyssen To Board - Quick Facts". RTTNews. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ a b Penman, Hamish (2020-12-18). "BP announces non-executive director appointments and retirements". Energy Voice. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ "Independent non-executive director". BP.
- ^ "Karen Richardson joins the States Title board of directors". Business Insider. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
- ^ Technology guru joins BT as new director, 2011-10-19
- ^ "BRIEF-BT Says Karen Richardson,Tony Ball To Step Down From Board At..." Reuters. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ Social Networking Site Hi5 Nearly Doubles Monthly Visitors, InformationWeek, August 15, 2008
- ^ VirtuOz press release, 2010-02-12, archived from the original on 2017-09-06, retrieved 2010-02-20
- ^ "Leadership". Ayasdi. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ Sawers, Paul (2021-03-23). "OneTrust acquires Convercent to drive ethics and compliance in the enterprise". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "Convercent appoints leading industry experts to inaugural advisory board" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ "Karen Richardson". LinkedIn. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ IBM Completes i2 Acquisition to Expand Big Data Analytics Portfolio for Smarter Cities, 2011-10-05
- ^ "San Francisco Opera Association Announces New Board President-Elect Keith Geeslin; Election of New Directors from Technology, Corporate and Philanthropic Communities". San Francisco Opera. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ Farr, Christina (9 August 2013). "The Opera goes to Silicon Valley, hopes that Silicon Valley will return the favor". VentureBeat. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ Zinko, Carolyne (2013-08-23). "Old money welcomes new (tech) blood to the arts". SFGate.com. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ^ "Stanford Technology Ventures Program Advisory Board Web site". Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.
- ^ a b "Karen Richardson Biography | Booking Info for Speaking Engagements". www.allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "Karen Richardson: A Girl Among Geeks | Stanford eCorner". ecorner-legacy.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ New tech to the arts
- ^ "Bridgewater Hires Ex-Apple Executive as Co-CEO". Wall Street Journal. March 10, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.