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Want results?

You’ve come to the right place!

Welcome to KTS Results Consulting, offering VIP individualized attention, innovation, and fast turnarounds. 

I’m Karen Thurm Safran, a dynamic Marketing, Operations, and Business Development executive known for achieving results—even when the goal seems impossible. I’ve always been the “go to” person when things need to get done… and done well.

When you hire KTS Results Consulting, you work directly with me. This means you’ll benefit from my 20+ years of EdTech experience, strategic MBA mind, meticulous attention to detail, and zeal for helping companies and organizations achieve success.

I’m known for enthusiastically developing and executing solid plans, creating win-win business development partnerships, as well as designing and implementing efficient operartions.

While my specialty is EdTech (Education Technology) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), I also consult non-tech clients. I only work with a few clients, so you get the personalized attention you deserve.

Find out how I can help you exceed your goals.

Accomplishments


  • Grew an EdTech STEM start-up 3,000% to over $50M.
  • Established strategic partnerships that reduced expenses by $60M and generated millions in revenue.
  • Restructured the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) program with over 240 worldwide educators by aligning to corporate goals, improving its operations, and sharing 4x more best practices. Today there are over 2,000 educators.
  • Strengthened a non-profit foundation’s strategies, operations, and programs targeting girls and underprivileged students in K-12 education STEM learning.
  • Designed and implemented operations timely, within budget, and with small teams.
  • Developed hundreds of powerful product launches, impactful programs, and meaningful brands.
  • Negotiated and closed 65 challenging deals that generated over $100M.

Services


Expertise:

  • Strategic Planning and Implementation
  • Operations, Project Management, and Process Efficiency
  • Business Development and Partnerships
  • Marketing Brand Strategy, Messaging & Positioning, Promotions, and Campaign Development
  • Product Marketing, Product Launches, and Program Development
  • Marketing Communications, PR, Digital Marketing, and Social Media Marketing
  • Performance and Accountability Management
  • Leadership and Team Building

Specialties:

  • Technology, K-12 Ed Tech (Education Technology), and Higher Education
  • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), Robotics, Coding, and Girls in Tech
  • Parenting, Playful Parenting, SEL (Social Emotional Learning), and Mindfulness
  • Entertainment Games, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, B2C, and B2B.

Testimonials


“I am grateful to have worked with Karen. She is an inspirational dynamo. She is driven by a palpable passion to help companies and individuals excel. When others think something is impossible, Karen finds a way. In the end, she makes it look like magic.”
– Joy Meserve, Chief Operating Officer at iD Tech


“Karen is great to work with! She has the best positive energy and really gets things done. Karen understands relationships and knows how to build strong ties to support her projects.”
– Linda Sellheim, Education Program Manager at Epic Games


“Karen brought increased structure to the ADE program at a time when it was most needed. Her passion for leveraging the strengths of individuals combined with her keen sense of organization and management skills brought new hope and opportunity to those who worked with her.
– Bob Hudson, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Innovation


“Karen was a tremendous help when we consulted her for marketing a new project and developing a strategic business partnership. Using her wealth of experience, she guided us through key decisions regarding branding, messaging and website design. She targeted companies to help us grow and then relentlessly contacted them until she secured meetings and helped seal the deal. Karen was a joy to work with and I look forward to working with her again on future projects.”
– Lucas Pacentrilli, Education Director at Phidgets


“A highly creative and gifted marketeer who was a big help with the crafting of our robotics education messaging platform.”
– Mike Marzetta, President at ALTEK and MINDS-i Robotics


“Karen knows the right strings to pull and buttons to push when it comes to strategizing and moving projects to completion. And, I’ve never met anyone with the ability turn the hard “no” into a resounding “yes.” She’s a true go getter in every sense of the term, and everyone who has worked with her is better for it.”
– Ryan Barone, Senior SEO and Content Manager at iD Tech

Contact


Do you need help growing your business or organization?

Please contact me at karen@KTSresults dot com.

I look forward to hearing from you!

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