As Manager of Data Analytics at the City of Edmonton, Karen oversees a team that manages the City’s Open Data and Internal Data Portals, offers data literacy training to staff, and provides self-serve data analysis and visualization tools. She has been instrumental in advocating for increased data-driven decision making by the City of Edmonton, as well as sharing data with the public in usable and accessible formats. Prior to joining the City, Karen worked as a business analyst in the software consulting industry. This experience, combined with an education background in Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction, has left her with a keen understanding of the technology of data, the ability to translate it into usable visualizations and to help educate others.