Karen De Jarnette
About Karen De Jarnette
Karen De Jarnette is a Technical Program Manager 3 at Expedia Group in Seattle, Washington, with extensive experience in SEO management and technical leadership.
Current Position at Expedia Group
Karen De Jarnette currently serves as a Technical Program Manager 3 at Expedia Group in Seattle, Washington, United States. She has been in this role since 2023. Her responsibilities include organizing and implementing quarterly planning sessions, tracking and managing the team's quarterly project deliverables using tools like Excel, Smartsheet, and JIRA Structure Boards, and conducting regular engineering stand-up and refinement meetings.
Previous Roles at Expedia Group
Before her current role, Karen De Jarnette held multiple positions at Expedia Group. From 2020 to 2023, she was an SEO Manager & Technical Lead for the Hotels Operations Team. From 2018 to 2020, she worked as an SEO Manager for the Technical SME team. Between 2015 and 2020, she served as the D&I Business Strategy Leader. Earlier, from 2013 to 2017, she was an SEO Manager focusing on LX SEO Strategy teams.
Professional Background in SEO and Marketing
Karen has extensive experience in SEO and online marketing. She worked for Steyer Associates as a Senior In-house SEO/SMO Analyst for MSN.com from 2012 to 2013 and as an SEO Consultant/Senior Content Developer and SEO Blogger for Microsoft Bing between 2009 and 2011. She also served as a Senior SEO Specialist for Internet Marketing Ninjas and as a Senior Consultant for SEO & Social Media Strategy at SaltWorks, Inc. Additionally, she has held an online role as an SEO Blogger for Search Engine Land.
Leadership and Strategic Initiatives
In her various roles, Karen has played significant leadership roles, including being a President at Hawthorne Condominium Association from 1999 to 2009. At Expedia Group, she has been involved in strategic planning as a member of the Leadership team within the engineering division. She played a key role in reorganizing a 6-squad engineering team in JIRA and developed a new method of reorganizing JIRA projects, which was adopted across the engineering division.
Education
Karen De Jarnette earned her Bachelor of Science in English and Communication Arts from James Madison University. This educational background has equipped her with strong communication and analytical skills, which she has applied throughout her diverse career in SEO, technical program management, and strategic business roles.