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
faster gets natural ways
We're going to get her times down faster once she gets in shape. She still has a ways to go on that, but she has a lot of natural ability.
projects
We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started.
classrooms flipping learning people spaces
Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable.
captures kid
Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.
pregnant seen
I've seen her, and she didn't look pregnant at all.
ibm
In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team.
federal government
I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.
mit
I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard.
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.
easier hear
It's easier not to hear it from Mom.
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.