Megan Smith

This article is about the technology executive. For the head coach at Marshall, see Megan Smith (softball). For the head coach of the Belmont softball team, see Megan Rhodes Smith. For the curler, see Megan Smith (curler). Not to be confused with Negan Smith.
Megan Smith
3rd Chief Technology Officer of the United States
In office
September 4, 2014 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byTodd Park
Succeeded byMichael Kratsios
Personal details
Born (1964-10-21) October 21, 1964 (age 59)
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
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(m. 1999; div. 2017)​
Children2
EducationMassachusetts Institute of
Technology (BS, MS)
Smith's voice
recorded June 2015

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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  2. ^ "The Women at Google". Cubicle Coach. Marie Claire. March 12, 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Women Techmakers". Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  4. ^ Lehoczky, Etelka (October 26, 2004). "Six who see the future". The Advocate. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  5. ^ Boss, Suzie (Fall 2010). "Do No Evil". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Corporation elects new members". MIT News. June 3, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  7. ^ "Advisory Committee On Voluntary Foreign Aid Members". United States Agency for International Development. 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  8. ^ Smith, Megan (November 10, 2012). "Introducing: The Malala Fund". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  9. ^ "Board of Directors". Vital Voices. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Howard, Alex (September 4, 2014). "Google[x] VP Megan Smith busts Silicon ceiling as first female US CTO". Tech Republic. Retrieved October 3, 2014. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. ^ "Megan Smith". LinkedIn.[dead link]