Founder · Inventor · Technical Creative

Katharine
VanderDrift

Katharine "Katie" VanderDrift is a founder, inventor, and technologist redefining how we experience the physical world.

As the founder of GemJoy, she engineered and patented a new category ~ transforming jewelry and accessories into immersive, interactive portals. She currently serves as CEO.

Her journey began in theater, evolved through computational linguistics and computer vision, and ultimately converged into a singular pursuit: Designing systems ~ both narrative and technical ~ that awaken wonder and bring people closer together.

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Press

Stories & Features

Featured across tech, business, and culture media over a decade of building.

GemJoy Inc. Forbes VentureBeat HuffPost Vator.tv Digital Marketing Depot The Tech TV Show
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National Television

The Tech TV Show ~ GemJoy & Augmented Reality Jewelry

How she got into software, her love for jewelry, and why she's making it magical · Watch on YouTube ↗

Inc. Magazine

"Science Says These Are the Favorite Phrases of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton"

Code Art Project · Computational Linguistics · 2016

Vator.tv

"Today's Entrepreneur: Katharine VanderDrift"

Founder Profile · 2015

VentureBeat

"I'm Sexy and I Didn't Know It ~ How Tiptopio Gets US Manufacturers Top Ranking in Google"

Tiptopio · SEO & American Manufacturing · 2013

Forbes

"Sexiest Writers Using Google Alerts to Get Someone's Attention"

Tiptopio · Topic Modeling & SEO · 2012

HuffPost

"Give a Gift to All Your Neighbors By Shopping American This Holiday Season"

American Manufacturing & SEO · 2012

Digital Marketing Depot

"Content, Freshness and SEO for Large Sites: What's Important"

Featured Speaker · SEO & Content Strategy · December 21, 2011

Collaborations

Get in touch with Katie

Katie speaks and collaborates at the edge of technology, imagination, and design ~ exploring how emerging systems can create deeper human connection and wonder.

Areas of Focus

Augmented Reality and the Future of Physical Objects Code as a Medium for Storytelling Designing for Wonder, Not Just Function Frontier of Deep Tech Theater as a Framework for Innovation Type 1 Diabetes Advocacy

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