Karen Fiester

Karen Fiester is a senior executive at Google with extensive experience in strategy, operations, and marketing. She currently holds the position of Director, Americas and Global Go to Market at Google for Startups.1 In this role, she leads the Americas team and oversees global operations, including business strategy, go-to-market initiatives, global marketing, and programs strategy.1

Prior to her current position, Karen held several key roles at Google:

1. Global Head of Scale, Strategy and Operations for Google for Startups (2020-2022)2
2. Global Head of Strategy & Operations, Growth and Opportunity Marketing
3. Head of Cloud, Events & Experiences
4. Head of Brand Moments, Marketing Events
5. Head of B2B Events
6. Enterprise Events Team Lead
7. Marketing Event Manager
8. Marketing Event Planner

Before joining Google, Karen worked as an Event Manager at Monster Cable Products.

Karen Fiester's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Throughout her career at Google, Karen has demonstrated expertise in various areas, including:

• Business strategy development and execution
• Global team leadership
• Marketing and event management
• Operations and scale management
• Go-to-market strategy

Her LinkedIn profile (username: karen-fiester-64947ba) reflects her current role and professional background.1 Karen is based in San Francisco, California.