Lisa Seacat DeLuca
Personal Information
Born: Unknown
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Carnegie Mellon University BS Computer Science 2005; University of Texas McCombs School of business MS Technical Commercialization 2010
""Inventing allows me to unleash my creative side and dream about what the future may hold. I've met some awesome people through patenting and learned about some incredible technologies." (lisaseacat.com); “The idea generation isn’t the slow part,” DeLuca says. “Anyone can come up with ideas very quickly. It’s taking the time to write them down and do research to figure out if it’s a great idea or how to make it an even better idea—that’s really the bottleneck in innovation.”(technologyreview.com); "
— Lisa Seacat DeLuca
Professional Life
Field of Study: Software Engineer; Inventor
Institution/Corporation: IBM; Unstoppable Domains; University of Texas Austin
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degree: Claremont Graduate University (2016); Member: Board of directors Carnegie Mellon Athletics (2017), Society of Women engineers (SWE, 2015)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2017 Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame; 2019 named 1 of 49 Female Entrepreneurs Who Are Reshaping the Business World, Entrepreneur Magazine; 2015 35 Under 35, MIT; 2023 Tartans on the Rise, Carnegie Mellon University; 2022 Most Inspirational Women of Web3 & the Metaverse, Unstoppable Women of Web3; 2022 ranked #6 Engati Team-30 Linkedin Top voices in Technology; 2019 ranked #2 Linkedin Top voices in Technology; 2019 Innovator of the Year, Innovation & Tech magazine; 2018 ranked #1 Linkedin Top voices in Technology; 2018 UT Hall of Fame-Rising Star Award, University of Texas; 2016 Top Women in technology IoT Influencer, Onalytica; 100th Invention Plateau Achievement Award, IBM; 2016 The 25 Most Influential women in IoT, IoT World; 2015 Nextwave of 10 Enterprise Technologists Under 35, Linkedin; 2015 named 1 of the 100 Most Creative People in Business, Fast company; 2015 IBM's Working Mother of the Year, Working Mother Magazine; 2015 AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador, AAAS-Lemelson; 2014 named 1 of 50 Most Fascinating People in the World of Tech, Network World; 2019 200th Invention Plateau, IBM; 2005 Carnegie Mellon Senior Leadership Award
Achievements: worked at IBM; holds approximately 650 patents in areas of cloud, mobile, IoT, social, security, AI, cognitive & commerce with approximately 350 pending; her inventions include a way for people on conference calls to get alerts when a certain topic comes up or a certain person starts talking; a system that can guide cell-phone users as they walk and talk so they don’t lose service; a necklace that lights up every time a given Twitter hashtag is used; and a locator service in cars that can track items like, say, a wallet that falls under the seat.; has written 2 children's books, "A Robot Story" published 2013 that teaches binary & "The Internet of Mysterious Things" published in 2017 that is the 1st ever children's book with embedded NFC tags on each page
is the most prolific inventor in the history of IBM
worked at IBM over 16 years before moving to Unstoppable domains
played on the women's basketball & volleyball teams at Carnegie Mellon University
grew up in Montana
loved storytelling & would type up scripts to be acted out by her stuffed animals & younger sister
wrote her book "A Robot Story" with her children to get them excited & interested in technology
has applied for more than 1000 patents with approximately 650 being granted & the remainder are pending