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
across begun deliver great power
Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value.
good great
I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs.
great human ingenuity innovation personal
Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.
best came consistent fought girls great hard indication late shows starting stay took twice
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.
computer core curriculum great including optional programs robotics science
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.
buy figure kid knowing obsessed
It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born.
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.
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.
ride
I want to ride again. Let me ride one more time,
history infinite takes ways
Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you.
Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access.
close gotten though
We've never won, even though we've gotten so close before.
captures kid
Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.