Karen Barnes
Vice President
Karen Barnes has been in the software industry for over 25 years, starting out as a software developer. Karen brings a unique background in that she has worked as an entrepreneur, creating a business plan and helping to raise seed capital, to working for a billion dollar public company managing the key software resources for the entire company. In the last 10 years, Karen has been a leader in more than a half dozen M&A transactions as both an acquirer and the acquired. At Legato, Karen was a project manager reporting to the Vice-President of corporate development and successfully managed two mergers, including participating on due diligence. Subsequently, Karen worked closely with banks, board members, and potential investors helping to close several successful acquisitions. The most recent was the acquisition of Syndera Corporation by Tibco Corporation, in which Karen managed the technical due diligence process and made recommendations on merger details on behalf of Syndera. Karen has a BA degree in Mathematics from University of California, Berkeley, and currently serves on two web 2.0 software company boards.
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