Krista Donaldson
{{Short description|Canadian–American engineer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}}{{#tag:ref|In 2014, Donaldson was reported to be 40{{cite news |last1=Larson |first1=Christine |title=Light-Bulb Moments for a Nonprofit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/business/international/light-bulb-moments-for-a-nonprofit.html |accessdate=March 25, 2020 |work=New York Times |date=January 11, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144846/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/business/international/light-bulb-moments-for-a-nonprofit.html |archivedate=June 12, 2018}}
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| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| education =Vanderbilt University
M.S.E., PhD, 2004, Stanford University
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| known_for = CEO of D-Rev
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Krista M. Donaldson (born 1973) is a Canadian–American engineer. She is the CEO of D-Rev, a product design and engineering company that specialises in products for less industrialised countries.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Donaldson attended Queen Elizabeth High School before earning her engineering degrees from Vanderbilt University and Stanford University.{{cite web |title=Nova Scotia Expat: Solving Health Care Gaps the World Over |url=https://www.novascotiabusiness.com/articles/nova-scotia-expat-solving-health-care-gaps-world-over |website=novascotiabusiness.com |accessdate=March 25, 2020 |date=March 25, 2014}}
Career
Prior to D-Rev, Donaldson was an economic officer at the US Department of State where she worked on economic policy and the reconstruction of Iraq's electricity sector, and as a design engineer at KickStart in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2009, Donaldson was recruited by Jim Patell to join D-Rev, a non-profit product design and engineering company that specialises in products for less industrialised countries.{{cite web |last1=Rees |first1=Anna |title=D-Rev Puts Design Thinking to Use in Healthcare |url=https://en.reset.org/blog/times-pieces-d-rev-puts-design-thinking-use-healthcare-01072015 |website=en.reset.org |accessdate=March 25, 2020 |date=July 1, 2015}} As the CEO of D-Rev, she oversaw the launch of their products Brilliance, a treatment for neonatal jaundice and a prosthetic knee for amputees.{{cite web |last1=Song |first1=Kat |title=Designing a Revolution and Bringing Healthcare Tech within Reach |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/designing-revolution-and-bringing-healthcare-tech-within-reach |website=aaas.org |accessdate=March 25, 2020 |date=January 26, 2016}} As a result, she was named one of Silicon Valley Business Journal's 40 Under 40 in 2011{{cite web |title=40 Under 40: Krista Donaldson |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/11/28/40-under-40-krista-donaldson.html |website=bizjournals.com |accessdate=March 25, 2020 |date=November 28, 2011}} and honoured by Vanderbilt University with their International Alumni Professional Achievement Award.{{cite web |title=Two engineering grads are 2018 alumni honorees |url=https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/news/2018/two-engineering-grads-are-2018-alumni-honorees/ |website=engineering.vanderbilt.edu |accessdate=March 25, 2020 |date=2018}}
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External links
- {{Google Scholar id | k8h_Zu4AAAAJ}}
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Category:American women chief executives
Category:Vanderbilt University alumni
Category:Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
Category:American nonprofit chief executives