Karen Bartleson is an American executive. She was Senior Director of Corporate Programs and Initiatives at Synopsys,[1] retiring in 2016.[2]

As of 2020 she has worked in electronic design automation / semiconductor industry nearly 40 years, including at Synopsys, United Technologies Microelectronics Center and Texas Instruments.[1][3]

She joined Synopsys in 1995 as standards manager.[4]

In 2010 she authored the book The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards.[4][5] The book is based on the posts from her blog "The Standards Game"[6] hosted at the Synopsys website since 2007.[7]

She was IEEE President in 2017 and a member of the IEEE Board of Directors in 2013 and 2014. Karen was President of the IEEE Standards Association in 2013 and 2014.[3]

Karen Bartleson earned her B.S in Engineering Science from California Polytechnic State University in 1980[3][1]

Awards and recognition

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c "Karen Bartleson". www.edx.org. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "Karen Bartleson - 2016" at CalPoly website (retrieved January 31, 2020)
  3. ^ a b c d "Karen Bartleson". CHM. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "StackPath". March 6, 2013.
  5. ^ Karen Bartleson, The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards: Practical Insights for Creating Technical Standards, 2010, ISBN 9781617300004
  6. ^ "Synopsys Press Publishes The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards". news.synopsys.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  7. ^ on Ploof, Read This: The Executive's Guide to New Media-from Blogs to Social Networks, p.87