M. Cristina Dolan, American multimedia and interactive television executive. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (planning chairman 1988-1990, education chairman 1988-1990), United States Bobsled and Skeleton Association (team member 1990-1992).
Background
Internet Pioneer and MIT Media Lab alumna, Cristina Dolan, co-founded OneMain, which grew to be the 10 largest Internet Service Provider. The company was later acquired by Earthlink after a highly successful public offering. Cristina is currently Head of Marketing and Head of Content and Communications Products at TradingScreen, where she also leads initiatives in BlockChain. At Hearst and Disney she headed up technology and built the first Consumer Internet Websites. In addition to executive roles at IBM and Oracle, Cristina was CEO of Wordstream.
An engineer and self-described “solutionist”, Cristina appreciates the value of applying engineering skills to problem solving, which was the topic of her TEDx talk “Just Solve It”. In 2013 she launched the global student competition “Dream it. Code it. Win it.” which has been honored with a Trader Magazine Charitable Contribution Award, and four Stevie Awards for Best Organization, Best Female Innovator and Best Executive of the Year. Currently, Cristina serves as the MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC Chair.
Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Master of Computer Science Engineering, Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994.
Career
Internet Pioneer and MIT Media Lab alumna, Cristina Dolan, co-founded OneMain, which grew to be the 10 largest Internet Service Provider. The company was later acquired by Earthlink after a highly successful public offering. Cristina is currently Head of Marketing and Head of Content and Communications Products at TradingScreen, where she also leads initiatives in BlockChain. At Hearst and Disney she headed up technology and built the first Consumer Internet Websites. In addition to executive roles at IBM and Oracle, Cristina was CEO of Wordstream.
Membership
Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of New York. Former President of the MIT Club of New York (Alumni Association). Former Executive Director of the New York Venture Capital Association.
Personality
Just Solve it! TEDx Talk by Cristina Dolan
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Just-Solve-It-Cristina-Dolan-TE