Karen Roter Davis

Karen Roter Davis is General Manager of Urban Engines, a venture-backed, Silicon Valley start-up already improving urban mobility for millions of commuters across the globe and their billions of trips taken each year. Her responsibilities at Urban Engines span business development, marketing and communications, legal and policy, and finance strategy and operations. Prior to Urban Engines, Karen held leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, including Google, and served most recently as Managing Director of GE Ventures, where she kick-started software and analytics investments to advance GE’s Industrial Internet capabilities across its multi-billion dollar industrial businesses.

Karen holds an MBA/JD from Northwestern University and a BA in Public & International Affairs from Princeton University, and is an advisor to angel- and venture-backed startups. She also advises multi-national companies on how to work more effectively with startups and to cultivate innovation within their organizations. Karen serves on the Board of Directors of Cultural Data Project, a Pew Charitable Trust spin-off, which provides analytics and management capabilities to strengthen arts and cultural organizations. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and their two daughters.