EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. (Sept. 21, 2022) – NEOGOV today announces Karen Carlson as vice president of product for its public safety workforce platform, PowerDMS. Carlson is now responsible for overseeing the product strategy, development, and growth for all public safety software solutions in an effort to help agencies recruit, train, equip, and protect first responders across their entire careers.
“We’re proud to welcome Karen to the NEOGOV team in this critical role leading our public safety product strategy,” said Scott MacDonald, general manager of public safety for NEOGOV. “Our goal is to continuously grow our platform to meet the evolving needs of public safety agencies. The skills Karen has developed throughout her career – including her proven success in enhancing the customer experience and hands-on approach to product development – will further strengthen our public safety platform, ensuring agencies have the tools they need to best serve their communities. Karen is an exciting and important addition to our team.”
Carlson comes to NEOGOV with more than 30 years of leadership experience. Most recently, she led product development at RapidDeploy. She also spent more than 15 years at Motorola Solutions. In her new position, Carlson will lead the overall vision for the PowerDMS platform. In addition to her strong focus on product strategy, development, and growth, Carlson’s commitment to strategically reviewing and improving product planning processes will further enhance NEOGOV’s public safety solutions and drive success for customers.
“The PowerDMS platform by NEOGOV is well-known for its long-term commitment to modernizing systems and processes within the public safety market,” said Carlson. “I am proud to contribute my in-depth experience and expertise to better serve its product development team, with a focus on listening to and identifying customers’ pain points and driving innovation to benefit agencies, officers and the communities they serve.”
About NEOGOV
NEOGOV, a Carlyle and Warburg Pincus portfolio company, serving over 13,000 organizations, is the leading provider of an integrated HR, payroll, talent management and policy and compliance management solution for the public sector. NEOGOV customers report increased employee productivity and engagement, time and cost savings, improved regulatory requirement compliance, and reduced paper processes, with a net result of better services for citizens. More information at www.neogov.com and www.powerdms.com.
