20 years in Technology Marketingwith an emphasis on sell-in and sell-through at retail, Gemstar TV Guide, Wink/OpenTV InteractiveTV Casio/Phonemate, Circuit City-North AmericaRetail and CE marketing/distribution/promotion/product, management

Karen Gold has been working in the consumer electronics and technology marketing business for over 20 years, in both US and Canada.Ms Gold was always a technophile but had the good fortune of working in marketing for Circuit City in the late 80's during the boom years of margin-rich technology. At Circuit, she was responsible for marketing analysis, site selection, The Sound Machine, promotions, grand openings, spiff plans, and all special projects. She then moved to Casio Phonemate, were she launched their first joint venture, the video phone. After that she was recruited to Gemstar to help reposition the company from a handset business to a technology-inside strategy. While at Gemstar, Karen was fortunate enough to launch the IPG. After that she worked for Wink/OpenTV and launched the interactive advertising business for this exciting technology. She is currently working with the GTL team on ClearPlay.