Karen Richardson

Karen Richardson is an American executive. Her 30-year career in the software business includes positions as a key player in several well-known and highly successful companies.

In November 2011, Richardson joined the board of directors of BT Group plc (: BT). The company, which has operations in more than 170 countries, is one of the world's largest telecommunications services companies. She was appointed to the board of Exponent (NASDAQ: EXPO), a Silicon Valley-based engineering and scientific consulting company, in 2013. In 2014, Richardson joined the boards of Ayasdi, a Palo Alto-based software developer that helps organizations use topological data analysis to solve problems in life sciences, health care, financial services, and other fields, and HackerRank, which has developed a platform for technology companies to evaluate candidates' programming skills. She joined the board of Worldpay (: ), a London-based payment processing company, in 2016. Richardson was named among the "100 most influential women in tech" by a technology industry website in 2015.

She has also served on several corporate boards. Richardson was a board member of VirtuOz until January 2013, when the company was purchased by Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN); she was on the advisory board of Proofpoint Inc.(NASDAQ: PFPT), a provider of email security and compliance products that went public in April 2012; and was chairwoman of the board of directors of San Francisco-based Hi5 Networks Inc. from 2008 until December 2011, when the company was purchased by social networker Tagged Inc. She also sat on the board of i2, a Silver Lake-owned developer of investigative analysis software, until the company was sold to IBM in October 2011. At the time of the announcement, i2 announced that 12 of the top 20 retail banks used the company's software.

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