Kathryn Kranen is an American electronic design automation engineer and business executive.
Kathryn Kranen graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University with a B.S.
She started her career as a design engineer at Rockwell International and later joined Daisy Systems.
In 2012, Kranen was elected Chairperson of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC), the first woman to hold this position.
She explained her decision by her desire to lead a moderately-sized, 200-150 people, company, which, in her opinion, is nearly impossible to find in EDA at these times.