Mrs. Duy-Loan T. Le
Mrs. Le is currently responsible for technology readiness and product execution for Texas Instruments’ (TI’s) multibillion-digital business. In this capacity, she oversees the definition of technology requirements for the businesses, leads technology qualifications with the development teams, and directs execution to achieve functionality, performance, power, yield, quality, reliability and capacity goals to enable successful product launch and ramp. These teams span multiple countries, disciplines, businesses, and organizations across TI.
Prior to this role, she also held leadership positions throughout TI. In 1982, Mrs. Le started her career with TI as a Memory Design Engineer at the age of 19. She was responsible for bringing up TI memory devices, a multibillion-product line, with joint venture partners on three continents for the first time in TI’s history. One of TI DSP products under her leadership was recognized in the 2004 Guinness World Records and this one single product generated over $1Bil of revenue for TI.
In 2002, Mrs. Le became the first Asian-American and the first woman to get elected as a TI Senior Fellow. Today, she continues to be the only woman to hold this title in TI’s 80 year history and as only one of four Senior Fellows worldwide. She has also been featured in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SPECTRUM as well as Asian Enterprise trade journals, the book “The Pride of Vietnamese”, and numerous local and international newspapers. In 2002, Mrs. Le became the only woman and the youngest person elected to the board of directors at National Instruments. Mrs. Le is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) and a sought after keynote speaker.
Mrs. Le received an M.B.A. from the University of Houston. She also earned her B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Texas in Austin, where she graduated with High Honor and was recognized as a 'Scholastic Wonder' by the Houston Chronicle. In addition, Mrs. Le holds 24 patents with six additional pending applications. She received Patent Incentive Awards for 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2001. Several of these patents are classified as ‘pioneering patents’ for TI as they had a direct and significant impact on TI’s revenue and profit.
Throughout her career, Mrs. Le’s achievements have been recognized with prestigious awards, including Women In Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame, National Technologist Of The Year, Science Spectrum Trailblazer, Asian American Engineer of The Year, Who's Who in the World, Women of Vision: Leadership, Pink’s Top 15 Women in Business, VANG’s Golden Torch with United States Congressional Recognition for Civic Leadership.
Duy-Loan's service to the community is extensive. Among many of the things that she does in America and internationally, she enjoys most providing education assistance for children and supporting social economic developments projects in 12 different countries through two 501c3 foundations: Mona Foundation and Sunflower Mission.
Duy-Loan Le is married to her husband Tuan N. Dao for 27 years. She has two boys, Quy-Dan 17 and Quy-Don 13. She enjoys deep sea fishing, reading, movie, classical music, painting, and playing poker. Duy-Loan also holds a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do and has won several medals and trophies in the State of Texas.

