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
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.
history technical women
I've been working on the lost history of technical women.
century deep demands encourage experience history interested passionate pursue science
The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking.
class facts history inspiring science taught
Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science.
history interested kids might stay
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.
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,
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.
ask class
Each class is going to ask him two questions. I think it's going to be fun.