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Dr. Konar currently manages the Global Customer Insights Program at Google. She is a former Intel Marketing Director and Intel Fellow. Her appointment as the first Marketing Fellow at Intel recognized her achievements in developing a comprehensive, state of the art market intelligence function without parallel in the industry, as well as her contributions to Intel's branding and marketing programs critical to Intel's emergence as a marketing and technology powerhouse widely showcased as the fifth most powerful global consumer brand. Dr Konar managed worldwide market research, consumer and business campaigns, brand strategy, and corporate marketing strategy and was the marketing director for Intel's Software and Solutions Division for its first year. Dr. Konar, a frequent presenter to financial and industry analysts, partners and press, was identified as one of six Intel executives who "have made Intel not only a world leader in the industry, but also a driver of technology trends throughout the computer world" (NASDAQ, 1997)Dr. Konar has also held a range of management and research positions in firms such as IBM, as well as teaching and research appointments at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and the University of Western Ontario, where she taught and published academic and applied research. She is currently on the board of several non-profit organizations and a global market research firm developing a next generation market research paradigm. | 