Karen Kilroy
Kilroy Blockchain Chief Executive Officer
Karen Kilroy is a life-long technologist with heart. Living in Austin, Texas, she has invented several products including
Kilroy Blockchain PaaS,
Riley, and
Carnak. Karen believes that artificial intelligence doesn't have to be scary and that technology can be proactively designed to be used for good. Karen's background includes many years of working as an open source software engineer, which has prepared her for the new world of cognitive intelligence and immutable ledgers. Karen is a Certified IBM Foundation Blockchain Developer and a Certified Magento Front-End Developer.
Karen is also a professional dragon boat coach, and currently volunteers to coach the Wildcats at the Texas School of the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Karen lives in downtown Austin, Texas, and is Associate Director of the
Austin Blockchain Collective, leading workgroups for Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence, as well as Blockchain Interconnectivity. She is also the host of the
Artificial Intelligence Tech Meetup and of the
Blockchain Data Authenticity for Artificial Intelligence Meetup, and is co-host of the
Blockchain for Business Meetup.