Session Topic: My Career Journey: an Evolving Path
Day
Wednesday
Start Time
1:00 PM
Length
50
Location
CH 133
Presenter(s)
Karen
Hathaway Viani
Founder and CEO
Breakthru Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenhathawayviani/
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Dr. Karen Hathaway Viani is an operations-driven technology strategist who excels at turning executive intent into disciplined execution. She has spent her career building the connective tissue of complex technical organizations, aligning priorities, orchestration workflows, and ensuring teams deliver measurable outcomes to maximize stakeholder return on investment. She currently leads Breakthru Consulting, the firm she founded to advise emerging-tech companies and investors on strategy, commercialization, and operational readiness. She brings a rare combination of technology management depth, organizational acuity, and founder-level pragmatism. Her previous work at MITRE included designing enterprise strategies, driving corporate initiatives, and managing programs that required technical rigor and political instincts.