Karen Herder 🇺🇦

Karen Herder has a diverse work experience in the fields of data strategy, project management, computer vision, and design. Karen started their career as a Lead Graphic Designer at Friendswood United Methodist, where they designed church publications, took photographs, and managed social media accounts. Karen then worked as a Photographer & Designer for Freelance Photographer, collaborating closely with clients to capture their special moments and creating various branding materials using traditional art mediums and Adobe Creative Suite.

Karen later joined Twitter as an AI Curator for Twitter Cortex, where they curated datasets for computer vision models, managed a labelling team, and developed taxonomies and labelling criteria for machine learning models. Karen then transitioned to Clarifai, initially as a Data Strategist, where they curated data and trained computer vision models using Clarifai's platform. Karen also engaged in customer conversations to understand their use cases and identify business solutions.

As a Senior Data Strategist at Clarifai, Karen managed external human workforces for annotation tasks and created documentation to establish processes. Karen then became a Data Strategy Project Manager, leading multiple projects, managing customer expectations, and planning sprints for the expansion and revamp of the company's internal image-labelling platform. Currently, they are the Data Strategy Lead at Clarifai, overseeing the Data Strategy team's operations and driving its growth across different offices.

Overall, Karen Herder has a strong background in data strategy, project management, computer vision, and design, with experience in various industries and a focus on utilizing technology to solve business challenges.

Karen Herder attended Texas State University from 2003 to 2007, where they obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Design.