About

Karen M. Rapp is an independent director of Plexus Corp., appointed in March 2018, and serves on its Audit and Compensation & Leadership Development committees. She retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of National Instruments Corp., a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software, in May 2023, where she also served as Treasurer.

Earlier she was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at NXP Semiconductors N.V. (2015-2017), leading integration of the NXP/Freescale Semiconductor merger, and held several leadership roles at Freescale, including Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Ms. Rapp holds an M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Finance from Northern Illinois University.

Roles

Plexus Corp.
Independent Director · Current role
2018–present
National Instruments Corp.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer · Producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software.
until May 2023
NXP Semiconductors N.V.
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development · Led integration efforts for the NXP/Freescale Semiconductor merger.
2015-2017
Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd.
Vice President & Chief Information Officer; various finance leadership roles · Included Director of Operations and Finance (Global Sales and Marketing), Director of Finance (Supply Chain) and Director of Finance (Continuous Development).

External Roles

Microchip Technology Incorporated
Director; Chair, Audit Committee
Cohu, Inc.
Director; member, Audit Committee

Also at Plexus Corp.

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