Krista Donaldson was born in 1973. She is an engineer and currently is a CEO in D-Rev, which is a nonprofit product design and engineering company. Before D-Rev, Krista 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.
Donaldson keeps putting her efforts into the business of medical construction in some of the developing world’s most annoying issues. Especially on solving jaundice, designing, and creating prosthetic limbs. In her TED talk video Revolutionary design for good: Krista Donaldson at TEDxStanford, she throws out many inspirations to the audience about how people should combine technology with the real world. It is undoubtedly that she did excellent work on incorporating technology to problems solving in developing areas. Furthermore, she also mentioned in the TED talk video that some designs with good intentions are unsatisfied with user needs.(TEDxTalks)
According to the picture shown above, Donaldson strives for treating severely jaundiced babies who are not able to afford the therapy. She designs a device called Brilliant which helps huge amounts of families. The technology and device designed by her have treated almost 60,000 babies. Today, Donaldson is still sharing her experiences and inspiring people to the world.(TEDxTalks)
Work Cited
TEDxTalks. “Revolutionary Design for Good: Krista Donaldson at TEDxStanford.” YouTube, YouTube, 3 Aug. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxNOXNCpQJQ.
“A Mechanical Engineer and the CEO of D-Rev, Krista Donaldson Shares Why Becoming a Mother Made Her a Better Person.” Mitera, www.miteracollection.com/blogs/explore-the-world-of-miteramamas-a-blog-for-bump-baby-beyond/a-mechanical-engineer-and-the-ceo-of-d-rev-krista-donaldson-shares-why-becoming-a-mother-made-her-a-better-person-with-her-two-kids.
“Krista Donaldson.” Chicago Ideas, www.chicagoideas.com/speakers/krista_donaldson.
