DID YOU KNOW? for July 29 – August 11, 2025

Lisa Gelobter is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and technology executive. Gelobter worked on several pioneering internet technologies, and she is credited with developing the animation used to create GIFs. As a Black female technology innovator who started her career in the early days of the internet, one of her most notable jobs was as an engineer for the earliest interactive multimedia platform, Shockwave. She helped develop the software behind the very first online videos. Learn more about Lisa Gelobter here.