Karen Jensen | SpeakerHub

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Bio

Karen Jensen is an American entrepreneur and independent consultant. She has a dynamic background in Information and Emerging Technologies, and specializes in Smart City as a Service.

Over the course of her career, Karen has built relationships with stakeholders in healthcare IT, fintech, telecommunications, workforce solutions and collaborated across the domains of educational institutions, federal, state and local governments, non-profits and NGO’s and private industry.

Karen’s three-dimensional background has given her keen insights into how to build successful teams, and how to design solutions that solve economic, social and environmental problems.

Karen is an accomplished writer, blogger and sought after speaker.

Current position (3)

Adjunct Faculty

Ivy Tech Community College

Merit Reviewer

National Science Foundation

Process Architect

PeopleReady

Degrees (3)

Management and Ethical Leadership

Western Governors University

2019

Information Technology Business Management

Western Governors University

2011 to 2012

Restorative Justice

Vermont Law School

2023

Presentations

Presentations (3)

SANS Summit: Women In Cybersecurity

Women in Cybersecurity: Action & Allies

Thankfully, we've come far enough that we no longer need to make a case for why gender equality in cybersecurity is important and valuable. But the fact that women still represent less than 20% of the workforce in cybersecurity positions shows we have a long way to go. How do we get there?

Achieving gender parity will require two important things: 'action and allies.

Even the most well-intentioned organizations may not realize the gender bias inherent in so many aspects of the hiring process or career milestones like performance reviews. 'We need a clear plan of action to bring traditional HR practices in line with the reality of recruiting, hiring, retaining, and promoting top female cybersecurity professionals.

We also need allies. We need established leaders in the industry to mentor us, advocate for us, and work on changing attitudes in their organizations at a macro level. How do we find ' or create ' allies? How can we be these allies?

The R3X and SNSE Models for Lifelong Learning

The Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, supported by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), and hosted by iKeepSafe, features timely and thought-provoking presentations that highlight effective collaborations, bold experiments and innovations, and other potentially game-changing methods in support of growing the cybersecurity workforce. Attendees include training and educational leaders from academia, business, and government for two days of focused keynotes, panels, concurrent sessions, and discussions in support of the NICE Strategic Plan.

An Interview with Amelia.ai

As a Senior Ambassador for Advancing Trust in AI, I interviewed Nick Panayi from Amelia.ai, a leading platform in conversational AI.