Background
Jepsen, Mary Lou was born on April 5, 1965 in Windsor, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Donald Allen and Jane Anne (Barry) Jepsen.
optical scientist business executive
Jepsen, Mary Lou was born on April 5, 1965 in Windsor, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Donald Allen and Jane Anne (Barry) Jepsen.
Bachelor in Studio Art, Brown University, Providence. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Brown University, 1987. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989.
Doctor of Philosophy in Optics, Brown University, 1996.
Assistant professor computer science Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, 1991. Invited fellow Kunsthochscule für Medien Köln, Cologne, Germany, 1992. Research scientist Advanced Environmental Research Group, Providence, 1993.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration fellow Rhode Island Space Grant Program, 1993-1994. Technical director Brown University Multimedia Laboratory, 1994-1995. Vice president optics and materials MicroDisplay Corporation, San Pablo, California, 1996-1998, co-founder, chief technical officer, 1998—2003.
Chief technical officer, display division Intel Corporation, 2003—2004. Co-founder, chief technical officer One Laptop Per Child, 2005—2007. Founder Pixel Qi JOE, Inc., Hull, Massachusetts, since 2008.
Consultant Note Printing Australia, 1991, Brown University Graphics Grp., 1993—1996.
Member International Society for Optical Engineering, Optical Society American (Scholarship award 1987).
Married John Conor Ryan.