{"id":20155,"date":"2020-02-04T08:32:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=20155"},"modified":"2023-08-06T12:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T19:34:54","slug":"20155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/20155\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in STEM: Carol Reiley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women in STEM: Carol Reiley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When we were looking for the next candidate in our series exploring women in the sciences, the search was practically over before it started. First of all, Carol Reiley is multi-talented, extending her influence and drive into many different fields.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s an executive and an entrepreneur, not to mention an author and a model, though she commonly refers to herself as a roboticist\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/creiley.wordpress.com\"><em>saving the world, one robot at a time<\/em><\/a>. And, as of last year, she\u2019s also a mother!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her daughter\u2019s initials are NAN, a reminder that despite how much data science plays a role in her life, her daughter is, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/christine-lagorio-chafkin\/self-driving-cars-meets-motherhood.html\">not a number<\/a>.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raised in Vancouver, Washington by Chinese-American parents, Reiley got a Bachelor in Science from Santa Clara for her research with underwater robotics, then went on to earn her Masters in Computer Science from John Hopkins for her work in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haptic_technology\">haptics<\/a> (3D touch or technology that can create an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Reiley co-founded an autonomous vehicle startup called drive.ai, which sought to make retrofitted kits that would turn normal cars into self-driving cars. Last year, it was bought out by Apple, but she\u2019s already on to the next project, looking to launch another startup in women\u2019s healthcare.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her new business, she\u2019s a brand spokesperson for Guerlain Cosmetics and a creative collaborator with the San Francisco Symphony, where she hopes to examine what role technology will play in the future of music. And somehow she still finds time to read up to 100 books a year!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked what advice she\u2019d give to a startup, Reiley is a proponent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sequoiacap.com\/newsletter\/2020-01-08-carol-e-reiley\"><em>failing fast<\/em><\/a>, the idea being that you shouldn\u2019t, \u201cbe afraid to launch a crappy product in order to quickly test your key initial assumptions.\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how does her work in technology find its way into her everyday life? 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