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
Megan Smith quotes about
commission open played source technology truth
I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia.
current examples historic minorities stories technology women work
There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost.
photos technology
For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back.
attend developer developers including oracle technology worldwide
I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more.
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.
attract economic everybody opportunity people science technology women
The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation.
behalf best bring innovation mandate office policy power technology trying unleash
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.
elementary
I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves.
amazing country operating
We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.
high mandatory school science
I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.
government
The American government will be whatever we all make of it.
women
There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more.
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.