Prior to joining Prime in 2013, Karen was a Senior Accountant at Apache Design, Inc. (a subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc.), a leading engineering simulation software provider. Karen started her career in public accounting at Ernst & Young where she was the senior auditor of hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital clients. Karen holds a B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis and a M.S. in Business Administration in Accounting from San Francisco State University, and she is a certified public accountant.