Duy-Loan Le

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Duy-Loan T. Le
Born1962
Nha Trang, South Vietnam
CitizenshipUSA
EducationBSEE, magna cum laude, University of Texas at Austin (1982)
MBA, University of Houston (May 1989)
Alma materThe University of Texas at Austin and The University of Houston
OccupationEngineer & Engineering Manager
Employer Texas Instruments
Known forEngineering and the being the first woman and Asian elected to the rank of Texas Instruments Senior Fellow. Charity work and philanthropy (including the Sunflower Mission and Mona Foundation)
Notable work24 patents and co-designing the fastest Digital signal processor (DSP) chip (2004 Guinness World Records) [1]
Board member ofMona Foundation; Science National Honor Society; Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF); National Instruments Corporation [2]
SpouseTuan N. Dao
Childrentwo sons, Dan Dao and Don Dao
AwardsTop 20 Houston Women in Technology in 2000; Women in Technology Hall of Fame in 2001; Asian American Engineer of the year; 2007 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Leadership; Congressional Special Recognition for Civil Leadership

Duy-Loan T. Le (born 1962, Vietnam) is an engineer and the first woman and Asian elected as a Texas Instruments Senior Fellow. [3]

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Early life

Born in Nha Trang, South Vietnam, in 1962 to a labor-class family, [4] Duy-Loan Le fled to the U.S. without her father and a family of nine in 1975, eventually settling in Houston. Her family joined her in the U.S. few years later.

Although Le knew no English when she arrived, she mastered the language fast enough to graduate from Alief Hastings High School at 16 as Valedictorian of her class of 335 students.

In 1976, she received her first recognition in the US as 'Citizen of the Month' from Kiwanis International Club.

In 1981, The Houston Chronicle featured her as 'Scholastic Wonder'; she also received commendation from The Office of The Ambassador of The Royal Netherlands for her scholastic achievement and her humanitarian effort in fund raising to aid the Vietnamese refugees.

University work and career

In 1982, at the age of 19, Le received her undergraduate BSEE degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin [4] [5] [6] and subsequently obtained her MBA in May 1989 from the University of Houston while working full-time. She began her career at Texas Instruments as a memory design engineer.

Le's technical contributions at Texas Instruments were recognized when she was elected a Member of Technical Staff in 1990, Senior Member of Technical Staff in 1993, the first woman at TI to be elected Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in 1997, and the first woman elected TI-Fellow in 1999. [4]

Currently she manages development projects for wireless communications as TI program manager for Laplace (a Digital signal processor (DSP) chip for 3G base stations) and also serves as manager of DSP Advanced Ramp. In 2002, Le became the first Asian-American, and the first woman, to be elected TI Senior Fellow in Texas Instruments' 75-year history. She joins four men who hold this title at TI worldwide. Today she remains the only woman with this title. [4]

Philanthropy

Le participates in numerous charity and fund raising projects for colleges, orphanages, and charity foundations. She serves on the Board of two non-profit organizations which promote education and support social economic development projects in the third world.

Le has worked to advance education and learning conditions in Vietnam. She believes that by doing so, the environment for learning will produce more students who will be able to improve the overall state of Vietnam. She recently achieved her longtime dream of bringing soundly-built school facilities to rural Vietnam with the opening of “Thanh Thoi B”—a schoolhouse accommodating 120 elementary-age students and whose construction she played a leadership role in implementing. Her dream is to raise enough money to build 100 schools in five years. This activity complements well her similar effort in 10 other countries.

Le speaks annually at numerous national events to help create an environment that stimulates and releases leadership potential in women and Asian Americans.

Le's service to the community includes:

Personal life

Duy-Loan Le is married to Tuan N. Dao. They have two sons, Dan Dao and Don Dao. She also holds a black belt in Taekwon-Do and has won several medals and trophies in the State of Texas. Le enjoys deep-sea fishing, playing poker, and reading. She listens to classical music and also traditional Vietnamese music.[ citation needed ]

Achievements and awards

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References

  1. 1 2 "Profile: Duy-Loan Le" Archived 2013-07-23 at the Wayback Machine , Keynote speakers, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery, 2010
  2. ↑ "Profile: Duy-Loan Le : Independent Director, National Instruments Corporation", Forbes
  3. ↑ "Profile: Duy-Loan Le", Keynote speakers, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery, 2010
  4. 1 2 3 4 Nguyen, Cuong Quoc, "Vietnamese Defies Odds to Become A Top Woman in Technology", NHA Magazine, Aug 10, 2005 (Pacific News Article on Duy-Loan's Achievements) (archived 2008)
  5. ↑ "Duy-Loan T. Le", Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame, biography 2001 (first inducted)
  6. ↑ "Duy-Loan T. Le", WITI Hall of Fame, profile updated in 2009
  7. ↑ "Our Projects" Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine - Mona Foundation
  8. ↑ "Director Biography: Duy-Loan Le" Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine , Mona Foundation
  9. ↑ "IEEE Annual Report" (PDF). IEEE Computer Society. 2007. p. 21. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Asian Hall of Fame Inducts 2017 Class". Northwest Asian Weekly. 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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