Karen is the Principal Open Source Program Manager at Citrix and an Apache CloudStack committer. She started her career in Marketing (specifically in organizing events in corporate Marketing). After exploring and coming across open source at Citrix, she’s been organizing the CloudStack Silicon Valley User Group, working with the Apache CloudStack community on CloudStack Collaboration Conferences and CloudStack Days and supporting the presence of Open@Citrix at various open source conferences. She wants to help members from other open source communities round up more attendees to their conferences with tips and best practices learned from her experience working with open source events. On the weekends, you can find Karen backpacking in the different forests of California, cycling on highway 1 or bungee jumping off bridges.