Where does Karen Ng work?

Karen Ng is VP of Product at Common Room.

Where did Karen Ng go to school?

Karen Ng studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, Media Arts and Sciences); Wellesley College (BA, Computer Science).

Karen Ng

VP of Product at Common Room

Greater Seattle Area

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399 people in our graph share verified history with Karen — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Kyle DohertyunlockedKaren: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002–2004)

×2Karen: together at Common Room

×2Karen: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

×4Karen: together at Wellesley College

VP of Product at Common Room

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Common Room's investors · 6

01 AdvisorsSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks Next Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checks Operator CollectivePalo Alto · $500K – $1.5M checks

Co-founders at Common Room

Viraj ModyCo-Founder & Head of Engineering (CTO)

Tom KleinpeterCo-Founder & Chief Architect

Linda LianCo-Founder & CEO

Francis LuuCo-Founder & Head of Product Design

Experience

HubSpotGM and Founder, HubSpot Foundrycurrent2026 — presentGreater Seattle Area
HubSpotEVP, Head of Product2025 — 2026Greater Seattle Area
HubSpotSVP of Product and Partnerships2022 — 2025Greater Seattle Area
Fellows FundProduct Fellowcurrent2025 — presentGreater Seattle Area
VariousAdvisor and Investorcurrent2022 — present
Common RoomHead of Product, VP (Acquired by Zoom)2021 — 2022Seattle, WA
GoogleDirector, Head of Product, Android and Wear Developer2017 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
MicrosoftChief of Staff, Developer Tools and Services2016 — 2017
MicrosoftGroup Product Manager, Cloud Developer Services2012 — 2016Redmond, WA
MicrosoftGroup Product Manager, .NET Managed Languages2010 — 2012
MicosoftLead Product Manager C# and VB Developer Experience2004 — 2010
MITMachine Learning Research Assistant2002 — 2004

Skills & more

researchGrowth StrategiesVelocityArtificial Intelligence (AI)EcosystemCultural TransformationAngel InvestingDue DiligenceC#44Visual Studio28Software Design15Software Development12

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Software EngineeringAgile MethodologiesCloud ComputingSoftware Project ManagementScrumWeb ServicesMobile ApplicationsComputer Science

Investor Accelerator Completed — Seattle Angel Conference

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Karen Ng?: VP of Product at Common Room
Where does Karen Ng work?: Karen Ng is VP of Product at Common Room.
Where did Karen Ng go to school?: Karen Ng studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, Media Arts and Sciences); Wellesley College (BA, Computer Science).

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Philippe LaffontFounder & CIO of Coatue Management Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG

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Also attended Wellesley College86

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution Carley PhillipsPrincipal at Greycroft Susan LiuInvestment Team at 8VC Kirsten LeutePartner at Osage University Partners Rudina SeseriFounder and Managing Partner at Glasswing Ventures Sarah KatzAssociate at GroveStreet

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Shared employers

Also worked at HubSpot86

Jessica DowdInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners Joe ChernovInvestor at Battery Ventures Ahmed Al-BaharEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures Selina TobaccowalaVenture Partner at Lobby Capital Brian BalfourGrowth Leader, Entrepreneur, & Angel Investor Elias TorresInvestor at Array Ventures Management Llc

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Also worked at Common Room7

Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of Conviction Corinne RileyPartner at Greylock Partners Viraj ModyCo-Founder & Head of Engineering (CTO) at Common Room Shahan KhanFounder at Polymail Brandon ShinFounder at Polymail

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Also worked at Google2,000

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia Capital Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory Ventures Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

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Also worked at Microsoft2,000

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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