# Karen El Asmar

> DGE AI Factory • Formerly Apple

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

## Work Experience
### Product / Design Strategy (AI Factory) @ Department of Government Enablement
Jan 2026 – Present | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

### Human Interface Designer @ Apple
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, United States

### Guest Lecturer @ Northeastern University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, United States

### Guest Lecturer and Design Critic @ Parsons School of Design - The New School
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States

### Senior Interaction Designer @ EPAM Continuum
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Boston, United States

### Product Designer @ Correlation One
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States

### Lead Product Designer @ CrowdDoing
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Parsons School of Design - The New School
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States

### Interaction Designer (AR) @ The New York Times
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States
Spatial Computing Challenge with NYC Media Lab

### Immersive Experience Design Intern (XR) @ Cornell Tech
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York, United States

### Experience Designer & Strategist @ Cornell Tech
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, United States

### Interaction Designer (XR) @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, United States
MIT Reality Virtually Hackathon

### Architect @ Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Paris, France

### Space Architecture & Space Suit Design @ Architectural Association
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Amman, Jordan

### Architectural Intern @ Mangera Yvars Architects
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom


## Education
### MFA Design and Technology
Parsons School of Design - The New School
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Data Science in Real Estate in MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### Master's degree in Product Development
Cornell Tech
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Bachelor of Architecture - BArch in Architecture
American University of Beirut
Jan 2012 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/karen-asmar
- Portfolio: https://www.karenasmar.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-25