Karen is an advocate of the power of visual design as a tool with rich potential for bringing clarity to research insights for business. She achieves this by drawing on her deep experience in identity and brand development and visual communications. Over nearly 20 years, Karen has helped organizations large and small in a range of industries including hospitality, health care, food and beverage, hi-tech, and education to communicate with their audiences. She has also taught visual design at the college level.

Recognizing a growing desire to understand how to communicate more effectively across cultures, Karen pursued graduate studies in Intercultural Communications. Her studies provided both a fresh lens for gazing at design as a cultural vocabulary, and experience in qualitative research methods, including ethnography. Bringing these perspectives into the world of business consulting gives Karen effective tools for communicating research data in an involved, concise and compelling manner.