Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor

Ms. Taylor is IEEE’s Engineering & Diplomacy Fellow for 2011. She is serving the U.S. Department of State as Senior Adviser, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary. An inventor and holder of patents in the field of mobile device communications, Ms. Taylor has formed or advised numerous software and hardware technology startups over the past 20 years. Prior to starting her first company in 1991, Ms. Taylor was a software design engineer with Fisher Controls (now Emerson), and then did technical sales and consulting with Digital Equipment (now HP). Her involvement in the Austin technology community includes a founding role in the Austin Technology Council, current service as a director on the board of Austin Community College Foundation, and advisory board roles with various startups. She is a speaker on topics related to starting companies, and judges university-led, international business plan competitions. Ms. Taylor has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University and a Masters degree in Public Affairs from the University of Texas’ LBJ School.

Presentation

THE TAO OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP Leadership, Public Service, and Innovation