Karen McCabe is a global professional who builds communities and works in the technology, standards and policy space. She leads efforts to build and connect communities where her focus is on the development and promotion of collaborative strategies and plans that produce impactful outcomes to help advance technology for society and humanity benefit. Karen has over 20 years experience working at the nexus of mission-driven organizations, industry, academia, standards bodies and inter-government bodies to raise awareness, educate and build capacity among participants in the technology sphere. Karen focuses on projects and initiatives to expand global footprint, build communities, develop and execute integrated communications and global engagement programs and build and nurture relationships. Karen currently works at the IEEE.