We are excited to have two new employees at TiER1! Learn more about our “newbies” below.
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Karen Nelson
Karen has over twenty years of experience as a technology professional in a variety of roles, including software engineer, mid-level manager, and executive, within entrepreneurial firms, mid-sized and large best-practices corporations including Fidelity Investments and LensCrafters (now Luxottica).
Originally from southern California, Karen’s family of eight relocated to Lexington, Ky. when she was in high school. She then attended the University of Kentucky on a track scholarship, where she graduated with an Education degree. Karen is a Certified Professional Coach through the International Coach Federation. Through her private practice she helps clients discover their innate talents, unearth their passions and embrace their values to enhance their quality of life. She believes the world needs more authenticity, positive energy, laughter, warm influences, and simple, daily joy. She strives to live a life looking forward with intentional choices and no regrets.
Karen lives in Wilder, Ky. with her husband, Chris, and her 13-year-old son, Jonathan. As avid boaters the Nelson family can be found enjoying beautiful Lake Cumberland whenever possible. Her family enjoys traveling and exploring new places. At home Karen is usually outside in the garden, enjoying the back deck or plotting her next adventure.
Danyele Harris-Thompson
A native of West Virginia, Danyele is a proud “country girl”. Danyele has worked in the R&D world for 10 years, studying and improving decision-making and cognitive performance. Some of her favorite projects have involved capturing the “tacit” knowledge of retiring personnel, and transferring that knowledge to newer staff to move them up the learning curve more quickly. She also did some cool projects on consumer decision-making (it’s amazing how passionate people can get about bagged salad!). Danyele studied Organization Development at Bowling Green State University, and is excited by change management and process improvement efforts. She has worked with organizations in the Dept. of Defense, healthcare, non-profit, and commercial industries.
Danyele and her husband, Brian, have a two-year old son, Anthony. They have another big boy on the way this summer! While Danyele’s extracurricular activities used to involve writing poetry and short stories, and playing games on the PlayStation and Wii; these days those activities mostly involve blowing bubbles and watching Nickelodeon Jr.