Karen Blasing

Director/Board Member at GITLAB INC.

Net worth: 14 M $ as of 2026-03-30

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Karen K.
Blasing currently serves as Independent Director at Autodesk, Inc. since 2018, Zscaler, Inc. since 2017, and GitLab, Inc. since 2019.
Also holds the positions of Chief Financial Officer & Director at GitLab BV and Member at The Financial Executives Institute.
Former roles include Director at LogRhythm, Inc., MetricStream, Inc., and Ellie Mae, Inc. from 2015 to 2019, Independent Director at ICE Mortgage Technology, Inc. from 2015 to 2019, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Nuance Communications, Inc. from 2002 to 2005, Senior Vice President-Finance at Salesforce, Inc., Chief Financial Officer at Force10 Networks, Inc. from 2006 to 2009, Chief Financial Officer at BT Counterpane, Inc. from 2000 to 2002, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Guidewire Software, Inc. from 2009 to 2015, and Advisor at Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC.
Education includes an MBA from the University of Washington conferred in 1981 and an undergraduate degree from The University of Montana conferred in 1978.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
ZSCALER, INC. 0.04%	2026-01-11	68,381 ( 0.04% )	10 M $	2026-03-30
AUTODESK, INC. 0.01%	2025-06-17	10,638 ( 0.01% )	3 M $	2026-03-30
GITLAB, INC. CLASS A 0.06%	2025-10-14	97,389 ( 0.06% )	2 M $	2026-03-30

Karen Blasing active positions

Companies	Position	Start
ZSCALER, INC.	Director/Board Member	2016-12-31
AUTODESK, INC.	Director/Board Member	2018-03-20
GITLAB INC.	Director/Board Member	2019-07-31
GitLab BV GitLab BV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops an open-source gift repository management software for storing and collaborating on source code	Director of Finance/CFO	-
The Financial Executives Institute	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Former positions of Karen Blasing

Companies	Position	End
Ellie Mae, Inc. Ellie Mae, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides mortgage industry software solutions	Director/Board Member	2019-04-30
ELLIE MAE INC	Director/Board Member	2019-04-16
Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silicon Prairie Advisors invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of environmental and technology services. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from $50,000-$300,000 and acts as a co-investor.	Consultant / Advisor	2016-12-31
GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC.	Director of Finance/CFO	2015-02-28
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Private companies	17
Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Designs and develops multimedia software products	Technology Services
Nuance Communications, Inc. /Old/ Nuance Communications, Inc. /Old/ Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and markets a voice interface platform software enabling internet access from a telephone	Technology Services
Salesforce, Inc. Salesforce, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops customer relationship management software technology	Technology Services
Force10 Networks, Inc. Force10 Networks, Inc. Computer CommunicationsElectronic Technology Manufactures communications network routing and switching equipment	Electronic Technology
LogRhythm, Inc. LogRhythm, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides enterprise security intelligence services	Technology Services
University of Washington University of Washington Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
ICE Mortgage Technology, Inc. ICE Mortgage Technology, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and operates cloud-based platform for the mortgage finance industry	Technology Services
MetricStream, Inc. MetricStream, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cyber risk management, governance and software solutions	Technology Services
The University of Montana The University of Montana Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
BT Counterpane, Inc. BT Counterpane, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides internet managed security monitoring services	Commercial Services
Guidewire Software, Inc. Guidewire Software, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Develops software platform for property and casualty insurers	Technology Services
The Financial Executives Institute
Zscaler, Inc. Zscaler, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud-based internet security platform services	Technology Services
Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silicon Prairie Advisors invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of environmental and technology services. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from $50,000-$300,000 and acts as a co-investor.	Finance
Gitlab, Inc. Gitlab, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops DevSecOps platform for plan, build, secure and deploy software	Technology Services
GitLab BV GitLab BV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops an open-source gift repository management software for storing and collaborating on source code	Technology Services
Ellie Mae, Inc. Ellie Mae, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides mortgage industry software solutions	Technology Services