Lisa Gelobter
Lisa Gelobter (born 1971) is a computer scientist, technologist and chief executive. She was the Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education.
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Born | 1971 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brown University '91 |
Employer | United States Department of Education |
Notable work | Founded and CEO of tEQuitable |
In 2006, Gelobter founded and took on the role of Chief Executive Officer of tEQuitable, a start-up that provides an independent and confidential platform to address issues of bias, harassment, and discrimination in the workplace.[1] She raised more than $2 million for tEQuitable, becoming one of the only thirty-four Black women to ever raise $1 million or more in venture capital.[2]
Personal life
Her father was a Polish Jew, and her mother was Afro-Caribbean. She graduated from Brown University in 1991 at the age of 20 with a computer science degree with a concentration in artificial intelligence and machine learning.[3]
Career
Gelobter has an expansive background in strategy development, business operations, user-centered design, product management, and engineering.[4]
She served as Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education during the Presidency of Barack Obama.[5][6][7][8] In the position, she helped to improve HealthCare.gov, reducing the number of individual pages and overall application time.[9] She led the team that built the United States Department of Education College Scorecard, which helped college students make sensible choices about college investments.[10][11][12] She is on the advisory board of Bridge Foundry.[13]
Prior to public service, Gelobter was the Chief Digital Officer for BET Networks and was a member of the senior management team for the launch of Hulu. She also worked on Shockwave, a multimedia platform used for video games.[14] She was instrumental in the creation of Shockwave and oversaw the product release cycle for Shockwave, coded ActiveX control for the player, coordinated the engineering transition among many other things.[15]
In 2016, Gelobter founded tEquitable, an independent, confidential platform to address issues of bias, discrimination and harassment in the workplace.[16][17][18][19][20] She raised more than $2 million for the platform.[7]
She is also a former member of the New York Urban League STEM Advisory Board. [21] and was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People.[22]
References
- "Lisa Gelobter (1971- ) •". Blackpast. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- "Lisa Gelobter (1971- ) •". Blackpast. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- "Lisa Gelobter (1971- ) •". Blackpast. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. 2020-03-04 https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/2020/02/lisa-gelobter-91/. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
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(help) - "Inside Obama's Stealth Startup". Fast Company. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- Ries, Eric (2017-10-17). The Startup Way: How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9780241972717.
- "Tech Spotlight: Lisa Gelobter is helping employees and employers navigate the complexities of work place harassment - theGrio". theGrio. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- "Inside Obama's Stealth Startup". Fast Company. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- Moore, Madison (2015-10-15). "Government organizations turn to ordinary measures to solve software problems". San Diego Times.
- "College Scorecard". collegescorecard.ed.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- Kamenetz, Anya. "The New College Scorecard: NPR Does Some Math". Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- "Obama Pushes A New System For Scoring Colleges". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- "Bridge Foundry". bridgefoundry.org. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- "Lisa Gelobter (1971- ) •". Blackpast. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- Blackpast. 2021-06-01 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisagelobter. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
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(help) - Staff, Entrepreneur (2018-05-31). "10 Companies That Are Doing Good While Doing Well". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- "Sexual Harassment Inc: How the #MeToo movement is sparking a wave of start-ups". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- "#MeToo Called for an Overhaul. Are Workplaces Really Changing?". Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- "Sexual Harassment Inc: How the #metoo movement is sparking a wave of startups". San Antonio Express-News. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- Path, Adaptive. "UX Week 2018 - Lisa Gelobter of tEQuitable, CEO and Co-founder". UX Week 2018 – The Premier UX Design Conference. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- "Lisa Gelobter (1971- ) •". Blackpast. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- "#BlackHistoryMonth: Celebrating Lisa Gelobter- the Foremost Scientist Who Laid Groundwork for Gif | Duchess International Magazine". Duchess International Magazine. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.