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Katie Linendoll is a two-time Emmy Award winning TV personality, writer, tech expert and global tech consultant. Known for her quirky expertise and high energy, Linendoll is one of the most in-demand tech personalities in the country for her first-look technology stories and gadget roundups. Whether she’s jetpacking across the Pacific Ocean, traveling to Kenya to see, firsthand, how technology is helping eradicate illiteracy in the world's poorest communities, or embarking on an underwater adventure with NASA astronauts, it’s not an unusual assignment for Linendoll. A writer and contributor for the “Today” show, Linendoll also regularly contributes to CNN and recently completed filming a series on innovation for Huffington Post. She's the former host of “All Access Weekly” on Spike TV and A&E’s “We Mean Business.” Linendoll and has also written for ESPN the Magazine, ESPN.com, Marie Claire, Shape Magazine, CBS.com and other national publications and is an Ambassador of Awesomeness for Brookstone. As a techie since childhood she earned her networking certificates before graduating high school. Linendoll then went on to earn her bachelor of science degree in information technology new media from Rochester Institute of Technology before launching her professional career with ESPN. At age 22, she won her first Emmy Award for her work on “SportsCenter.”