Karen Richardson. Menlo Park.
Ms. Richardson joined Silver Lake in 2007 as an Advisor focused on the firm's middle market strategy, Silver Lake Sumeru. Ms. Richardson has spent more than 20 years in the software industry, including positions as a key player in several well-known and highly successful companies. Richardson was chief executive of E.piphany, a developer of customer relationship management software. She also held senior sales positions at Netscape Communications Corporation from 1995-1998, during which time Netscape's sales grew from $80 million to over $500 million annually. Karen was instrumental in establishing Netscape's presence in the enterprise in verticals such as Telecommunications, Financial Services and Media/Communications. Prior to her position at Netscape, Karen was VP of Worldwide Sales at Collabra Software, Inc.; worked with Lotus Development Corporation in a variety of sales and marketing roles as well as at cc:Mail, and 3Com Corporation. Ms. Richardson is currently chairman of the board of directors of San Francisco-based Hi5 Networks Inc., whose Hi5 web site is the world's third-largest social-networking site. She is also on the board of directors of i2 Holdings Limited (UK), and on the board of Virtuoz, an enterprise software company that develops artificial intelligence applications for customer support and sales. Karen holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and award distinctions from the Stanford Industrial Engineering Department and the American Institute of Industrial Engineers (AIIE).