Karen is a marketing executive in IBM Research, and is working to help define the emerging market IBM calls the "3-D Internet"- application of virtual worlds, visualization and social networking tools and platforms to help address real business issues. She is currently working on “Sametime 3D”, a research project designed to enhance the ability for collaboration between remote employees, through use of virtual collaboration spaces and tools. She is responsible internal and external pilots for this project. Karen has also been involved in a project to establish a behind-the-firewall instance of Linden Lab’s Second Life platform, for internal events and meetings.