Karen Roth

Karen Roth

Rome, New York, United States
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Ms. Karen E. Roth is the Deputy Director of AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department…

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Experience

  • AFWERX Graphic

    AFWERX

    Remote

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    Rome, New York

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    Rome, NY

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    Stratford, CT

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    Stratford, CT

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    Rome, NY

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    Rome, NY

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    Rome, NY

Education

  • Rochester Institute of Technology Graphic

    Rochester Institute of Technology

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    Minors in Industrial & Systems Engineering and Economics. Received Presidential & Alumni Scholarships.

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    Project entitled 'Use Case Behavior Analysis of Resource Allocation for Future Vision of USAF Command and Control'.

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Society of Women Engineers Graphic

    FY25 Society President

    Society of Women Engineers

    - Present 22 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

    - Served on the Board of Directors for the 40k+ member 510c3 organization as Society Treasurer and Society Director of Professional Excellence
    - Directly responsible for financial health of the Society, executing the budget for SWE, and educating on fiduciary responsibility to the Board and other SWE leaders.
    - Created the Investment Committee to move the management of the Society Reserve Fund and Headquarters Fund to a joint advisor, save overhead, and expand the management of those…

    - Served on the Board of Directors for the 40k+ member 510c3 organization as Society Treasurer and Society Director of Professional Excellence
    - Directly responsible for financial health of the Society, executing the budget for SWE, and educating on fiduciary responsibility to the Board and other SWE leaders.
    - Created the Investment Committee to move the management of the Society Reserve Fund and Headquarters Fund to a joint advisor, save overhead, and expand the management of those funds across Headquarters, the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors. This allowed the BOD to directly manage all the funds they had the legal fiduciary responsibility for.
    - Led Curriculum Committee and Leadership Coaching Committee through major Governance Implementation changes, which focused on doing a full evaluation of all committee functions, understanding the strategic needs of the Society, and achieving an approved re-chartering for both committees.
    - Re-vectored the Curriculum Committee from passive advisors to active maintainers of the Society curriculum offerings. Change has reinvigorated the Committee as an active part of the Society and offers one location to understand the complete Professional Development picture to allow for progress in creating a meaningful Professional Development offering that meets all Leadership Competencies.
    - Serves in this role in her personal capacity

    Complete List of Roles:
    Society Treasurer (2018-2020)
    Society Director of Professional Excellence (2016-8)
    Society Deputy Speaker of the Senate (2015)
    Society Finance Committee (2015)
    Region F Senator (2014-2015)
    Society Audit Committee Chair (2012-2014)
    Region E Senator (2012-2014)
    Region E Lt Governor (2011-2012)
    Members at Large President (2009-2011)
    Leadership Coach (2007-2011)
    Women in Government Committee (2008-Present)
    Members at Large Representative (2008-2009)
    Collegiate Leadership Coach (2005-2007)
    Regional Conference Co-Chair (2005)

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    Board Member

    Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways

    - Present 2 years 3 months

    Children

    - Serves on the Board of Directors for the NYPENN Pathways Council of 13,000+ members across 24 counties and 857 Troops. Responsibilities include influencing policy regarding the council goals, issues affecting girls, and issues affecting the business of the organization as well as strategic planning, financial oversight, and fund development
    - Member of Finance Committee and DEI & Belonging Committee with personal goals of focusing on inclusion of STEM programming and being a DEI advocate…

    - Serves on the Board of Directors for the NYPENN Pathways Council of 13,000+ members across 24 counties and 857 Troops. Responsibilities include influencing policy regarding the council goals, issues affecting girls, and issues affecting the business of the organization as well as strategic planning, financial oversight, and fund development
    - Member of Finance Committee and DEI & Belonging Committee with personal goals of focusing on inclusion of STEM programming and being a DEI advocate for the Council
    - Serves in this role in her personal capacity

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    Golisano College National Council Member

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    - Present 3 years 11 months

    Education

    By name requested to be a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board and (Now Golisano National Council) for the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology as an Air Force liaison. Duties include supporting the Dean in defining and realizing the goals of the college, serve as ongoing consultants for the College’s strategic plans and provide general advice regarding student programs and activities for the 3500+ students of the College. Sentinel Society…

    By name requested to be a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board and (Now Golisano National Council) for the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology as an Air Force liaison. Duties include supporting the Dean in defining and realizing the goals of the college, serve as ongoing consultants for the College’s strategic plans and provide general advice regarding student programs and activities for the 3500+ students of the College. Sentinel Society Member and Donor. Serves in this role in personal capacity

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    Previous Board Member

    Rotary International

    - 8 years 8 months

    President-Elect of Rome Rotary (FY18)
    Secretary of Rome Rotary (FY12, FY13)
    Canalfest Vendor Chair (FY11, FY12, FY13, FY17)
    Books for the World Chair (FY12)

    - Rotary International is a service organization with 1.2million members and 3500+ clubs across the world with the focus on service and peace. As Secretary of Rome Rotary, Karen focused on revamping the membership database and ensuring members were connected to the international organization. She additionally led critical…

    President-Elect of Rome Rotary (FY18)
    Secretary of Rome Rotary (FY12, FY13)
    Canalfest Vendor Chair (FY11, FY12, FY13, FY17)
    Books for the World Chair (FY12)

    - Rotary International is a service organization with 1.2million members and 3500+ clubs across the world with the focus on service and peace. As Secretary of Rome Rotary, Karen focused on revamping the membership database and ensuring members were connected to the international organization. She additionally led critical activities in their yearly fundraising activities to bring in money for scholarships and service projects throughout the year. She also focused on literacy and brought several local sections together to locate, box, and ship a pallet of books to Africa to create a new library.

  • Mohawk Valley Engineers' Executive Council Graphic

    Board Member

    Mohawk Valley Engineers' Executive Council

    - 6 years 3 months

    Science and Technology

    Represent the Society of Women Engineers on the MVEEC Council. Participation in Project SITES, Math Counts, Technical Symposiums, and the region engineering awards banquet. Also represent new technologists on the council and advocated for and started a New Technologist award for S&E's under 30 years of age in the region.

  • Scholarship Committee

    Jessica’s Gift

    - Present 2 years 7 months

    Arts and Culture

    Jessica’s Gift (http://www.jessicasgift.org/) was created as one of Jessica McClelland's final wishes to help students from The Neighborhood Academy in Pittsburgh, PA continue to travel and be a part of the school’s international trips after she left us. The Memorial Scholarship grants up to $3,000 per year to students that have committed to traveling with the group and the Scholarship Committee ranks the submissions and ensures Jessica’s legacy is honored through the students. Tax deductible…

    Jessica’s Gift (http://www.jessicasgift.org/) was created as one of Jessica McClelland's final wishes to help students from The Neighborhood Academy in Pittsburgh, PA continue to travel and be a part of the school’s international trips after she left us. The Memorial Scholarship grants up to $3,000 per year to students that have committed to traveling with the group and the Scholarship Committee ranks the submissions and ensures Jessica’s legacy is honored through the students. Tax deductible donations can be made at: http://www.jessicasgift.org/donations.html.

Publications

  • Command & Control Wind Tunnel Integration and Overview

    Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey - Paper 09E-SIW-007

    A virtual wind tunnel for command control systems has long been the 'holy grail' of many research adn development communities. This paper explores the early design, development and integration of a software testbed for Command and Control systems. This synthetic environment is intended to model current and future C2 environments, allowing prototype C2 technologies and designs to be tested and evaluated, in a near realistic environment.

    Other authors
    • Shelby Barrett

  • Five-Dimensional Simulation for Advanced Decision Making

    SPIE - Enabling Technologies for Simulation Science, XIII - SPIE 7348-16

    This paper describes the application of a new parallel and distributed modeling and simulation technology known as HyperWarpSpeed to facilitate the decision-making process in a time-critical simulated Command and Control environment. HyperWarpSpeed enables the exploration of multiple decision branches at key decision points within a single simulation execution. Whereas the traditional Monte Carlo approach re-computes the majority of calculations for each run, HyperWarpSpeed shares computations…

    This paper describes the application of a new parallel and distributed modeling and simulation technology known as HyperWarpSpeed to facilitate the decision-making process in a time-critical simulated Command and Control environment. HyperWarpSpeed enables the exploration of multiple decision branches at key decision points within a single simulation execution. Whereas the traditional Monte Carlo approach re-computes the majority of calculations for each run, HyperWarpSpeed shares computations between the parallel behaviors resulting in run times that are potentially orders of magnitude faster.

    Other authors
    • Craig Lammers
    • Jeffrey Steinman
    • Maria Valinksi

  • Simulating Parallel Overlapping Universes in the Fifth Dimension with HyperWardSpeed Implemented in the WarpIV Kernel

    Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Paper 08S-SIW-025

    This paper describes an information processing technology that may increase warfighter productivity by orders of magnitude for problems requiring analysis, planning, optimization, and dynamic situation assessment and prediction in live operational environments.

    Other authors
    • Jeffrey Steinman
    • Craig Lammers
    • Maria Valinski

Honors & Awards

  • Exemplary Civilian Service Medal

    Department of the Air Force

    In recognition of her distinguished performance as Chief Engineer, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Rome, New York, from 25 June 2018 to 11 August 2023. During this period, Ms. Roth provided high-impact engineering leadership instrumental to the success of 59 Air Force science and technology programs advancing the state-of-the art in Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Intelligence and Cyber capabilities for the warfighter. Her…

    In recognition of her distinguished performance as Chief Engineer, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Rome, New York, from 25 June 2018 to 11 August 2023. During this period, Ms. Roth provided high-impact engineering leadership instrumental to the success of 59 Air Force science and technology programs advancing the state-of-the art in Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Intelligence and Cyber capabilities for the warfighter. Her insightful deployments of engineering policies and procedures helped strategically align and efficiently execute the Directorate’s 1.5 billion dollar budget. Her mentorship ensured the Directorate’s 800 government personnel had the expertise and support to develop and transition technologies to programs of record and operational customers. The distinctive accomplishments of Ms. Roth reflect credit upon herself and the United States Air Force.

  • Emerging Leader Award

    Society of Women Engineers

    International Society level recognition. The Emerging Leader Award honors an individual who identifies as a woman, who has been actively engaged in the fields of engineering or engineering technology and has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills resulting in significant accomplishments. The nominee must have ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of cumulative engineering experience.

    Citation: “For being a trailblazing technical leader in the U.S. Department of Defense; for tremendous…

    International Society level recognition. The Emerging Leader Award honors an individual who identifies as a woman, who has been actively engaged in the fields of engineering or engineering technology and has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills resulting in significant accomplishments. The nominee must have ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of cumulative engineering experience.

    Citation: “For being a trailblazing technical leader in the U.S. Department of Defense; for tremendous volunteer contributions to promote women in STEM; and for tirelessly ensuring safety of the women and men of the U.S. Armed Forces.”

  • Distinguished New Engineer

    Society of Women Engineers

    International society level recognition honoring women in engineering who have been actively engaged in engineering in the first ten years of their career.

    Citation: For innovations in software engineering for defense applications, for outstanding support of SWE activities and leadership development, and for advancing the cause of women in engineering

  • Friends of Heart Award

    American Heart Association

    For contributions to the promotion of walking as a healthy heart activity as part of the Leadership Mohawk Valley AHA team. Created a walking path blog and website for use in the Mohawk Valley and conducted a promotional event at MVCC to promote the new initiative, attracting several hundred local community members.

  • 2012 Graduate of Leadership Mohawk Valley

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    The 10-month leadership program develops a knowledgeable group of people prepared to be leaders in the community and to shape its future. It also provides experience in group dynamics, team leadership, presentation skills and professional and personal growth. The “awareness and engagement” focus of the LMV program has produced over 500 graduates from the region between Little Falls and Rome.

    Each LMV participant is required to participate in a community project along with fellow LMV…

    The 10-month leadership program develops a knowledgeable group of people prepared to be leaders in the community and to shape its future. It also provides experience in group dynamics, team leadership, presentation skills and professional and personal growth. The “awareness and engagement” focus of the LMV program has produced over 500 graduates from the region between Little Falls and Rome.

    Each LMV participant is required to participate in a community project along with fellow LMV classmates. Ms. Roth selected to support the American Heart Association and their walking path project to help educate community members at the benefits of staying active and how to do so. The project culminated with a self-sustaining blog site for talking about new walking paths in the area as well as a community kick-off event at Utica College.

  • New Faces of Engineering Award

    Society of Women Engineers

    The New Faces of Engineering recognition program highlights the exciting and often unique work of young engineers and the resulting impact on society. Today’s engineers are working to solve issues on a global scale, and these engineers, age 30 years or younger, have shown outstanding abilities in projects that significantly impact public welfare or further professional development and growth.

  • Young Technologist of the Year

    Mohawk Valley Engineering Executive Council

    Bestowed upon a local engineer in the Mohawk Valley region less than 30 years of age for outstanding achievements in work and community.

  • Civilian Achievement Medal

    United States Air Force

    The Air Force Civilian Achievement Award Medal (AFCAAM) is given to particular Air Force civilian personnel for outstanding achievement and meritorious service provided on behalf of the United States Air Force. To achieve this it must be apparent in the service that the employee surpasses the basic service expectations of an individual with similar responsibilities. The AFCAAM may also be awarded while the employee is on temporary assignment or detail.

    Citation Reads: "Ms. Roth…

    The Air Force Civilian Achievement Award Medal (AFCAAM) is given to particular Air Force civilian personnel for outstanding achievement and meritorious service provided on behalf of the United States Air Force. To achieve this it must be apparent in the service that the employee surpasses the basic service expectations of an individual with similar responsibilities. The AFCAAM may also be awarded while the employee is on temporary assignment or detail.

    Citation Reads: "Ms. Roth contributed significant research and development expertise to pave the way to greatly improve technological means and methods for conducting surveillance and early threat protection for Forward Operating Bases and Combat Outposts. She greatly reduced the potential for injury or death to deployed forces by implementing and testing rapid prototype solutions to meet real world needs of joint forces. "

  • Miscellaneous

    United States Air Force

    For contributions in the workplace Karen has additionally received three Special Act or Service Awards for contributions to the US Air Force, five Notable Achievement awards for contributions to the US Air Force, three Sikorsky Flight Awards for leading her team through mission critical design reviews, and a Sikorsky SPOTLight Award for solving a customer issue related to thermal cooling on the aircraft.

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