Mary Lou Jepsen
Exec. Chairman & Founder of Openwater, Previously co-founder of OLPC, exec at Google, FB, Oculus & Intel
- Role
- Member Board of Directors at Lear Corporation
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mary Lou Jepsen
Named one of the hundred most influential people in the World by Time Magazine - the Time 100. Executive Chairman & Founder of Openwater.Health, a breakthrough medical tech company developing non-invasive treatments for cancer, stroke, mental disease, longevity plus brain computer interfaces. Former Executive Director of Engineering at Facebook & Oculus. Similar previous roles at Google and Intel. Founded 4 hard-tech hardware companies including co-founder and CTO of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and CTO & architect of the $100 laptop. Has invented, prototyped, brought to production and then shipped many $B novel products for decades & also former MIT Professor.~300 published or issued patents. In summary: an American technologist and entrepreneur whose work spans noninvasive medical technologies & devices, computational imaging, and large-scale visual and interactive systems over multiple decades. Jepsen is a frequent keynote speaker and has given two highly viewed TED talks. She\'s also frequently featured in top global press publications. She also serves on the board of Lear Corp (NYSE:LEA) since 2016More detail or her publications, service, and awards at
Experience
Member Board of Directors
Jan 2016 — Present
NYSE:LEA - a global tier-1 automotive components supplier with ~$20B of annual revenue. Our manufacturing, engineering and administrative footprint covers 36 countries and 240 locations with approximately employees worldwide.
Education
Brown University
PhD, Optical Physics
1992 — 1996
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
Senior Fellow
1991 — 1992
RMIT University
Professor, Computer Science
1990 — 1991
Brown University
Honorary Doctorate
2014
Athabasca University
Honorary Doctorate
2008
UC San Diego
Optical Computing, San Diego Fellow
1989 — 1990
Brown University
Sc.B, Electrical Engineering; Studio Art (req. for B.A.)
1983 — 1987
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sc.M, Media Technology
1987 — 1989
Skills
- Software
- Mechanical Engineering
- Optics
- Mobile Devices
- Optical Engineering
- Vhdl
- Technology Evaluation
- Tablets
- Display Advertising
- Start-Ups
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