Karen Gondoly

CEO

A 20-year veteran of the technology industry, Karen Gondoly brings leadership experience as well as extensive skills in software development, technical writing, GUI design, and usability to her role as CEO of Leostream Corporation. Organizations around the globe leverage the company’s remote desktop access platform to deploy large-scale virtual desktop infrastructure and desktop-as-a-service initiatives. Gondoly began her career at Leostream as a technical documentation specialist rising through a series of technical, operational, and senior staff positions. After serving as Chief Operation Officer from 2013-2015, Gondoly was appointed to CEO in February of 2016.

An active advocate of innovations in the desktops virtualization space, Gondoly writes widely on the topics of hosting resources in the datacenter and is a member of the “Women of OpenStack” community.

Gondoly joined Leostream from The MathWorks, Inc., a technical software company where she was a developer for the Control System Toolbox before specializing in usability. While contracting at MathWorks, Gondoly was also employed at several of Boston’s most esteemed restaurants. From 2004-2008, she was able to apply her passion for baking and quickly landed a position as Head Pastry Chef at Great Bay.

A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she holds bachelor and master of science degrees in aeronautical/astronautical engineering.

She is a dedicated fitness enthusiast and avid runner, having completed over 50 marathons spanning 45 states and 3 countries.