Karen Fleshman
Karen Fleshman is a Chicago native who received a Master’s in Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Roosevelt University. She has also obtained Entrepreneurial certifications in nextLEVEL and nextDEAL from the Chicago Urban League.
In 2011, Karen started Haskins Advisory Group as the company’s co-founder and chief operating officer. Haskins is a GS1 Standards and Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) consulting and outsourcing company. The company has experience in different industries such as: retail, foodservice, and healthcare.
Prior to Haskins, Karen has had extensive experience in management roles. She has managed the implementation and technology support operations of the GS1 Standards and product data management process for several Fortune 500 companies, such as Procter and Gamble, Unilever, and Pactiv with thousands of products as well as regional companies with fifty products or less.
In addition, she has over 15 years in leadership positions at firms, such as GS1 US, 1WorldSync, formerly 1SYNC, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Corporation (HSBC), Oracle, Donnelley, 3COM, GATX, and the Kraft Foods Group. Karen has led several technology support operations and international flagship integration projects. All of these experiences eventually led Karen to pursue her entrepreneurial aspirations, leading to the creations of Haskins.
Over the course of her career, Karen has received many awards including the Quality Delivery North America (QDNA) award from HSBC for flagship project leadership and numerous peer-to-peer Boomerang Awards at GS1 US. She is the recipient of the Chicago Urban League’s Entrepreneur’s Alumni Award.
Currently, Karen is an active member of the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), Healthcare Businesswomen Association (HBA), National Association Professional Women (NAPW), and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Additionally, she is a former board member of the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) and Toastmaster International (TI).
Karen Fleshman is a Chicago native who received a Master’s in Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Roosevelt University. She has also obtained Entrepreneurial certifications in nextLEVEL and nextDEAL from the Chicago Urban League.
In 2011, Karen started Haskins Advisory Group as the company’s co-founder and chief operating officer. Haskins is a GS1 Standards and Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) consulting and outsourcing company. The company has experience in different industries such as: retail, foodservice, and healthcare.
Prior to Haskins, Karen has had extensive experience in management roles. She has managed the implementation and technology support operations of the GS1 Standards and product data management process for several Fortune 500 companies, such as Procter and Gamble, Unilever, and Pactiv with thousands of products as well as regional companies with fifty products or less.
In addition, she has over 15 years in leadership positions at firms, such as GS1 US, 1WorldSync, formerly 1SYNC, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Corporation (HSBC), Oracle, Donnelley, 3COM, GATX, and the Kraft Foods Group. Karen has led several technology support operations and international flagship integration projects. All of these experiences eventually led Karen to pursue her entrepreneurial aspirations, leading to the creations of Haskins.
Over the course of her career, Karen has received many awards including the Quality Delivery North America (QDNA) award from HSBC for flagship project leadership and numerous peer-to-peer Boomerang Awards at GS1 US. She is the recipient of the Chicago Urban League’s Entrepreneur’s Alumni Award.
Currently, Karen is an active member of the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), Healthcare Businesswomen Association (HBA), National Association Professional Women (NAPW), and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Additionally, she is a former board member of the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) and Toastmaster International (TI).