Lars Rasmussen (software developer)

Lars Rasmussen
Rasmussen in 2016
NationalityDanish
Alma materAarhus University (BSc)
University of Edinburgh (MSc)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forGoogle Maps, Google Wave
AwardsPearcey Award (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsGoogle, Facebook
Doctoral advisorAlistair Sinclair

Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen is a Danish[1] computer scientist, technology executive, and the co-founder of Google Maps.[2] He was later the director of engineering for Facebook in London.[3]

In early 2003, Lars and his brother Jens co-founded a mapping-related startup, Where 2 Technologies, which was acquired by Google in October 2004. Rasmussen became the head of the Google Maps team and worked at Google until joining Facebook in late 2010.

  1. ^ Hutcheon, Stephen (29 May 2009). "Look out Outlook, Google's Wave is coming". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Bedroom BPM: Meet The Startup Syncing Music To Running, Skiing And -- Yes -- Sex". Forbes. 19 December 2017.
  3. ^ Hutcheon, Stephen: Why I quit Google to join Facebook: Lars Rasmussen, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 November 2010.