Karen leads the PostgreSQL Europe Diversity Task Force, organises Postgres conferences, and gives talks about databases at database and developer events.

In her day job, she is a Solutions Architect, supporting customers through their database system design, deployment and management. She came to that via 20 years as a DBA, then several years in database consultancy. She was once described as “quite personable for a DBA” which she decided to take as a compliment.

Outside of the world of databases Karen loves cycling, mountain biking, skiing and spending time with her family in the mountains where she lives.