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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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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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.
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The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation.
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It's easier not to hear it from Mom.
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It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down.
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It's always fun just to watch the combination of humiliation and gratitude and affection that goes across people's faces when they are addressed in public in such a manner.
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It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality.
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It was a serious sonnet to a girl and the guy was actually interested in her and hadn't told her yet. It was kind of cool to be the vehicle of that expression.
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It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases.
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Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally.
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We're going to get her times down faster once she gets in shape. She still has a ways to go on that, but she has a lot of natural ability.
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Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.
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I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off.