Megan Smith
Megan Smith
Megan J. Smith is the Chief Technology Officer of the United States. She was previously a vice president of Google at Google, was vice president of business development at Google for nine years, and was general manager of Google.org and the former CEO of Planet Out. She serves on the boards of MIT and Vital Voices, is a member of the USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid and co-founded the Malala Fund. On September 4, 2014, she was named as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
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We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you.
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The American government will be whatever we all make of it.
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Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry.
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I wish I could put her heart and determination into all of my girls. She has the mentality that this is my year.
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If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome?
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Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code.
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She's always pushed and pushed and always asked what she could do better. She's always been a hard worker, but this year she has the confidence to go with it.
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She has a friendly, outgoing personality and the girls always get along with her, but they know if they're running against her in practice they'll have to push themselves a little harder.
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Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.
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I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.
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I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more.
What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface.
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This was a great indication of where we're at in starting this program. We came out and really took it to them in the first game. But it's hard to stay consistent when you have a really young team. We're doing the best we can, and you can see that we fought back twice (in the late game) and that shows that our girls have a lot of heart.
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There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost.