Bio

Marketing, Community, Advocacy, DevRel for early-stage, developer-facing tools Karin's career began in major entertainment and event production companies focused on marketing and consumer experiences, while on the side, she was growing an influential woman's empowerment community, eventually moving into the world of community management in the database space. Karin successfully built a thriving community at Neo4j, interacting with and motivating community members resulting in the strength of the community being one of the unique selling points of the product. After spending several years there, she moved to a stealth startup trying to create a company and community around Apache Pinot. Karin has been instrumental in scaling both of these, through a combination of strategy and implementation, defining community programs, and creating a foundation for advocacy and engagement.