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.