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
work
I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off.
companies fabulous hardware open ship
There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea.
ibm
In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team.
great human ingenuity innovation personal
Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.
fancy losing compromise
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.
everything-happens-for-a-reason remembers-everything looks
Just remember everything happens for a reason. We just have to pick ourselves up, and look on the bright side of life.
amazon future government level needs run
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 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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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.
impact lives love people reduce technology
I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet.
mit
I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard.