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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I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia.
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We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.
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We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream.
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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.
Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son.
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The American government will be whatever we all make of it.
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The idea behind standardising playing conditions and policy is to remove any scope for confusion while at the same time increasing the level of professionalism in the womens game.
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Compromise is just a fancy term for losing.
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I can conquer the world with one hand, as long as you are holding the other.
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Just remember everything happens for a reason. We just have to pick ourselves up, and look on the bright side of life.
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You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government.
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The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising.