Karen Walker has been a member of our board of directors since August 2019. Since February 2023, Ms. Walker has served as an Operating Partner of the Value Accelerator Practice of the Merchant Banking Division at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. From September 2019 to February 2023, Ms. Walker was the Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), a multinational technology company. From 2009 until July 2019, Ms. Walker was employed by Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) (“Cisco”), a multinational digital communications technology company, where her last position was as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Walker was recognized by Forbes as being one of the Top 10 World’s Most Influential CMOs (2017, 2019). Cisco was also recognized as having an award-winning Digital Marketing Foundation by Oracle and Martech. Prior to joining Cisco, Ms. Walker worked at Hewlett-Packard, Inc. (NYSE: HPE), a multinational information technology company, as Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for both the Consumer Digital Entertainment and Personal Systems groups. Ms. Walker currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), a global healthcare and pharmaceutical company, where she serves on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Ms. Walker is an Executive Committee and Board Member of the Association of National Advertisers, the industry-leading marketing professionals association, and the Salvation Army Advisory Board of Silicon Valley.
Ms. Walker holds a Bachelor’s degree with joint honors in chemistry and business studies from Loughborough University and an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from Sunderland University, both in England. We believe that Ms. Walker is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her extensive experience in the information technology industry and her business expertise in marketing and digital experience.
- Member of Nominating & Governance Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee