Karen has been in the payroll industry for 45+ years and has been a Certified Payroll Professional through the American Payroll Association (now known as PayrollOrg) since 1996. In addition, she has been working on Oracle products since 1998 as a consultant as well as the US Legislative Analyst for 3 years supporting e-Business Suite and Oracle Cloud Payroll. Karen has been an active participant with the Oracle HCM Users Group (OHUG) for 20 years including starting the Payroll Special Interest Group. She has presented at multiple OHUG conferences as well as participating in customer connect presentations with Oracle Strategy. Karen is currently the HCM Product Director for Alithya representing the HCM team in alliances with Oracle and other vendors and supporting the sales and delivery team.