Mary Lou Jepsen

Mary Lou Jepsen
Jepsen in 2022
Born (1965-04-05) April 5, 1965 (age 59)
Windsor, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
OccupationTechnology Pioneer
Known forCo-founder, One Laptop Per Child
WebsiteMaryLouJepsen.com

Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965)[1][2] is a technical executive and inventor in the fields of display, imaging, and computer hardware. She was the co-founder and first chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), and later founded Pixel Qi in Taipei, Taiwan, focused on the design and manufacture of displays. She founded and led two moonshots at Google X, and was an executive at Facebook / Oculus VR,[3] leading an effort to advance virtual reality.

Her contributions have had adoption in head-mounted displays, HDTV, laptop computers, and projector products. She contributed to low-cost computing and innovative consumer and medical imaging technologies. Time magazine named her in their list of the hundred most influential scientists and thinkers in the world (The 2008 Time 100).[1] CNN named her as one of their 2013 top 10 thinkers in science and technology for her work in display innovation.[4] She has over 200 patents published or issued.

In 2016 she founded OpenWater,[5] a startup working on fMRI-type imaging of the body using holographic, infrared techniques.[6]

  1. ^ a b Kahle, Brewster (May 12, 2008). "The 2008 TIME 100: Scientists & Thinkers - Mary Lou Jepsen". TIME.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2014. Jepsen, 43
  2. ^ Jepsen, Mary Lou (November 23, 2013). "Bringing Back My Real Self With Hormones". The New York Times. 1978, when I was 13
  3. ^ "Oculus Has Hired Mary Lou Jepsen Away From Google X". March 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "The CNN 10: Thinkers". CNN. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Open Water. "OpenWater".
  6. ^ "Mary Lou Jepsen on Life Post-Facebook and New Startup,"Open Water"". May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2017.