McDermott + Bull has successfully placed Karen Cheung as Vice President of Emerging Technology at First American Financial Corporation. Karen will lead the newly created Emerging Technology Group (“BTS”) and support all business units within First American Financial Corporation, driving technology innovation and transformation.
For the past 13 years, Karen has served as Principal Manager of Information Technology, Digital Process, and Transformation at Southern California Edison. In this role, she led an innovation group where she drove the company’s digital transformation initiative. Karen possesses strong project management skills, while maintaining a focus on operations and driving business process management and optimization. She earned her master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University and her bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Additionally, she is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and is Scrum Master Certified.
First American Financial Corporation is a financial services company that provides title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. The First American Family of Companies’ core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust, and investment advisory services. First American was built more than 130 years ago on a foundation of integrity and service and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.
This executive search was completed by McDermott + Bull Co-Founder and Managing Partner Chris Bull, Managing Partner Craig Lipus, Partner Garrett Lipus, Senior Executive Recruiter Sara Pizarro, and Director Anne Terry.