# Karen Bowman

> Software Engineer | LAN Networks | Parallel Computing

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/karenbowman

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, California, United States
- Supported network monitoring and analytics within micro-service architecture for Cisco CATC
- Ownership of Software Defined Access features for Campus LAN

### Teaching Assistant (15-418 Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming) @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
- Developed a new student assignment based on concurrent N-body
simulation using octrees, written in C++ using the OpenMP library.
- Regularly hosted office hours covering Pthread, ISPC, Cuda, OpenMP.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Fetch Robotics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, CA
- Built server to monitor 150 warehouse robots using Go & MongoDB, detecting slow connectivity or robot failure.
- Expanded simulation software to include failure
scenarios by streaming ROS bag files using GRPC.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Tensyr Inc. (We're Hiring!)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, California
- Programmed a robotic car with basic avoidance using Stereo Camera, LIDAR ­ 
- Worked with C, C++, Socket Programming, Image Compression, and Device Drivers

### Teaching Assistant @ Girls Who Code
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto, CA
Taught diverse class of twenty girls with another TA and Instructor at the Pivotal Palo Alto office


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

### High School
Palo Alto High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/karen-bowman-8395a1102

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Last updated: 2026-03-29