Our Experience

Professional Highlights

A sample of Karen’s recent work at The ROIG Group includes:

• Developed a comprehensive  best practice gap analysis mechanism to evaluate Merchandise planning and forecasting for a national specialty retailer to provide insights around current practices and where the client sits on this framework, resulting in a series of recommendations  to improve processes
• Designed and developed operational tools used in the deployment of a new Services business model for an international specialty retailer
• Led the data procurement and analysis process supporting all aspects of a comprehensive business model and process review for a national specialty retailer

Prior to The ROIG Group, Karen was SFA/Finance Director at Ameriprise Financial and served as the primary lead in the development and design of capital investment analytics and diagnostics utilizing a new software package during the spinoff from American Express.

Before Ameriprise, Karen spent 20+ years with Musicland/Sam Goody leading finance, merchandise and operation activities from both a corporate and individual brand lens. Throughout her tenure she worked with all levels of management, including the executive team, in several areas of the business allowing her to gain an intimate business understanding which in turn gave her the ability to provide guidance and analytics from both a strategic and operational perspective.

Academic Background

Karen is a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Duluth where she earned a BS in Business Administration-Marketing.