Karen Settles
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Karen Settles

Lead Decision Scientist
Team member since
2026
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Karen has spent the past 9+ years working in data science across high-growth tech and education companies, focusing on helping teams use data to make better decisions. She enjoys tackling messy, ambiguous problems and turning them into practical, actionable solutions.
 
Prior to joining Aimpoint Digital, Karen was a Senior Manager of Data Science at Pluralsight, where she led a team supporting Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. Her work focused on lead scoring, churn, and prioritization, with an emphasis on building models that were fully integrated into day-to-day workflows. She enjoys working at the intersection of technical and business problems and is especially passionate about mentoring and helping aspiring and early-career data scientists break into the field.

Karen lives in the Denver area and graduated from the University of Rochester with a BS in Physics, a BA in Music, and a minor in Mathematics. In her free time, Karen enjoys playing the flute, dancing, reading, and spending time with her husband and identical twin daughters.

Location
Denver, CO
FOCUS AREA
Decision Sciences
Education

BS, Physics, University of Rochester

Fun Fact
Karen performs in a tap dance company (Rocky Mountain Rhythm), which is dedicated to sharing the art of tap dance with Colorado's communities.