KAREN ROBERTS
Nursing at Chellman St, Boston, MA

SVP of Operations at Icosystem

Computer Software

Icosystem since Aug 2011 - SVP of Operations Icosystem 2008 - Aug 2011 - VP of Sales & Business Development SEMplest LLC Jul 2009 - Jul 2011 - Member, Board of Directors QuickSilver Solutions Aug 2007 - Mar 2009 - President Comark Mar 2007 - Aug 2007 - Business Development Manager Cognex Feb 2006 - Dec 2006 - Product Marketing Manager Cognex Aug 2005 - Dec 2006 - Senior Manager, Vision Solutions Cognex Aug 2002 - Aug 2005 - Senior Manager, Customer Satisfaction Cognex Jun 2000 - Aug 2002 - Senior Manager, OEM Engineering Cognex Sep 1997 - Jun 2000 - Manager, SMD Group Cognex Jun 1995 - Sep 1997 - Senior SW Engineer National Institute of Standards & Technology Feb 1986 - Aug 1992 - Computer Scientist

Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business 2006 - 2008
MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies Boston University 1992 - 1995
PhD, Cognitive & Neural Systems University of Maryland College Park 1982 - 1985
MS, Computer Science University of Maryland College Park 1978 - 1982
BS, Chemical Engineering

Integration, Image Processing, Robotics, Computer Hardware, Software Development, Business Development, Software Project Management, Operations Management, Product Development, Program Management, Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Start-ups, Product Management, Integrated Marketing, Software Engineering, Project Management

• Co-inventor of three US patents on machine vision methods (6424734; 6639624; 668,039). • Author of 26 technical publications in the field of machine vision, robotics, and neural networks. • Reviewer for International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Vision Research. • Winner of two Cognex President’s Team Awards. •Outstanding Performance Rating, Robot Systems Division, NIST (4 years). • Awarded research assistantships at University of Maryland and Boston University. • Member of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and Theta Kappa honor society. • Black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Outreach Worker at CareerWorks, Director/ General Manager at Raynham Park

Nonprofit Organization Management

CareerWorks - Outreach Worker Raynham Park since Mar 2011 - Director/ General Manager

Vice President of Global Client Support and Service at Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.

Medical Devices

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. since Feb 2012 - Vice President of Global Client Support and Service Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. Jun 2006 - Feb 2012 - Director of Customer Service

Manager at Massachusetts General Hospital Professional Billing Office

Hospital & Health Care

Practice Finance Analyst at Massachusetts General Hospital

Hospital & Health Care

IT Business Consultant at John Hancock

Computer Software

program manager at Eliot Community Human Services

Mental Health Care

Director of Clinical Services at Epoch Senior Living

Hospital & Health Care

Information Technology and Services

Career Outreach Worker at University of Massachusetts

Higher Education