Karen Mathis
About Karen Mathis
Karen Mathis is a Product Line Manager at Chevron with extensive experience in various roles within the company, including digital product ownership and technology process management.
Title
Karen Mathis holds the position of Product Line Manager at Chevron.
Company
Karen Mathis is currently employed at Chevron, a leading energy corporation.
Professional Background
Karen Mathis has an extensive professional background at Chevron, holding various roles across different divisions. She served as PLCM Digital Product Owner for 11 months from 2020 to 2021, and previously contributed as Technology Process and Data Management Specialist at Chevron Lubricants from 2013 to 2020. Earlier in her career, she worked as an Associate Chemist at Chevron Oronite for six years and held a Research Associate role for five months in 2006-2007.
Education and Expertise
Karen Mathis has academic credentials in Chemistry with a B.S. from University of California, Santa Cruz, attained between 2000 and 2004, and an M.S. from University of Vermont, achieved from 2004 to 2006. She enhanced her expertise through a role as Polymer Chemistry Research Assistant at the University of Vermont.
Notable Projects and Initiatives
Karen Mathis has led several significant projects at Chevron. She decommissioned 49 Lotus Notes Databases and upgraded SharePoint environments. She coordinated updates to global process documents, reducing cost overhead and sample release times. She also guides the deployment of data products to a data lake/cloud, providing significant value to multiple business units. Additionally, she managed the migration of product lifecycle management applications to the cloud, resulting in annual cost savings, and introduced a SaaS Contract Lifecycle Management application to Chemicals Intellectual Property, achieving substantial efficiency improvements.
Leadership and Mentorship
In her role as Product Line Manager, Karen Mathis has demonstrated leadership by mentoring five summer interns over three years. She also published a quarterly newsletter to enhance team communication and recognition across the enterprise. Furthermore, she managed two agile teams supporting 92 applications, providing scalable solutions to multiple business units over several program increments.