About Me

Karen Traversi is a seasoned C-Suite Executive with over 30 years of experience leading startups and growth-stage companies through critical phases such as mergers and acquisitions, rapid expansion, and resolving internal misalignments. With expertise spanning sales, marketing, operations, and the full customer journey, she provides a strategic, hands-on approach to solving complex business challenges. Her focused leadership is particularly valuable to small and mid-market business owners and their teams. Karen is also certified as a SHRM CP.

Our Approach

Our Six Steps to Align Operations and Optimize Revenue provide you with:
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State of the Union Report with Analysis of core issues and opportunities

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Strategic Alignment Plan including process for people, operations and communications

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Action Plan to execute and align

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Performance indicators and goals

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Plan for OKRs, measurements, results, and evaluation cadence

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Adjustments based on metrics, unlimited phone and email support

Founder and CEO History

Karen Traversi is the Founder and CEO of Traversi and Partners, where she specializes in helping leaders overcome challenges and leverage opportunities to optimize operations and increase profitability.

Before founding Traversi and Partners, Karen Traversi spent over 25 successful years leading startups and growth-stage companies, where she specialized in identifying core challenges and opportunities, crafting strategies, and executing them with precision. Her experience covers cross-functional operations, sales, marketing, human resources, and the customer journey. Karen has held key leadership roles, including VP GM, VP of Operations, and CEO, where she has successfully guided companies through mergers, acquisitions, hyper-growth, and foundational work. Her expertise has benefited organizations ranging from startups to those exceeding $100 million in value, as well as those looking to monetize assets such as TMP/Monster.com, Ticketmaster, and Revolution Health Group. 

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Karen holds degrees in both Economics and Communications, skillfully blending the art and science of business. She leverages data-driven insights to adapt and refine strategies in response to market dynamics. Additionally, Karen is a Certified Professional with the Society of Human Resources (SHRM CP), underscoring her expertise in aligning human capital with organizational goals.