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Megan Smith | |
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| 3rd Chief Technology Officer of the United States | |
| In office September 4, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Todd Park |
| Succeeded by | Michael Kratsios |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 21, 1964 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS) |
Megan J. Smith (born October 21, 1964)[1] is an American engineer and technologist. She was the third Chief Technology Officer of the United States (U.S. CTO) and Assistant to the President, serving under President Barack Obama. She was previously a vice president at Google, leading new business development and early-stage partnerships across Google's global engineering and product teams at Google for nine years, was general manager of Google.org,[2] a vice president briefly at Google[x] where she co-created WomenTechmakers,[3] is the former CEO of Planet Out and worked as an engineer on early smartphones at General Magic.[4][5] She serves on the boards of MIT[6] and Vital Voices, was a member of the USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid[7] and co-founded the Malala Fund.[8][9] Today Smith is the CEO and Founder of shift7. On September 4, 2014, she was named as the third (and first female) U.S. CTO, succeeding Todd Park,[10][11] and serving until January, 2017.[12]
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- ^ "The Women at Google". Cubicle Coach. Marie Claire. March 12, 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "Women Techmakers". Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ Lehoczky, Etelka (October 26, 2004). "Six who see the future". The Advocate. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ Boss, Suzie (Fall 2010). "Do No Evil". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "Corporation elects new members". MIT News. June 3, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ "Advisory Committee On Voluntary Foreign Aid Members". United States Agency for International Development. 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ Smith, Megan (November 10, 2012). "Introducing: The Malala Fund". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Vital Voices. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ Scola, Nancy (September 4, 2014). "White House names Google's Megan Smith the next Chief Technology Officer of the United States". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Howard, Alex (September 4, 2014). "Google[x] VP Megan Smith busts Silicon ceiling as first female US CTO". Tech Republic. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
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