Karen Base
Karen Base
Drawing from her experience at industry leading companies such as Booz Allen, Samsung and Capgemini, and fortified with insights from the Wharton CTO Program, Karen is a triple threat consultant, capable of delivering complex technology solutions, managing teams, and driving strategic business growth. Her experience spans client engagements, highly strategic investment initiatives, and corporate enterprise leadership roles.
Karen has launched three businesses in her career, all with different offerings. She launched her first business, KLB Solutions in 2010, focused on technology and management consulting. More recently, she bootstrapped two businesses in 2023, KB Catalyst and The Catalyst Coalition (along with two other co-founders), the former offering fractional c-suite expertise to small and mid-sized companies, and the latter focused on building a community of trusted companies to deliver leading edge solutions to the US federal government. Both companies strengthen small businesses, bringing the right people, processes, and technologies as part of an innovation ecosystem supporting the US government’s global leadership positioning. In addition to launching her businesses, Karen has also led the development of service offerings for Booz Allen, Samsung and Gapgemini Government Solutions. These offerings had global reach and involved working with leaders based in the United Kingdom, India, South Korea, and France to successfully instantiate each service offering.
Karen’s education includes completion of the Wharton Chief Technology Officer Program, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from George Mason University, and the Executive Leadership program from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Her other training and certifications include PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP), Scrum Product Owner Certification, Six Sigma White Belt, among others. She was awarded the 2021 Advocacy Award by the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE).
In her free time, Karen enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing paddle sports such as pickle ball and table tennis. She is a foodie who is a fan of all shows on the Food Network. Karen enjoys giving back to the community and supports numerous organizations that helps women, minorities, underserved communities and building the future workforce of tech.