Megan K Smith

Work:

Google - VP Google[x] (2013)
Google - VP New Business Development (2003-2012)
Stanford University - Digital Vision Fellow (2003-2003)
PlanetOut Inc. - CEO, COO (1996-2001)
General Magic - Manager, Manager, Product Design; Device Partnerships (1988-1990)
Apple Inc. - Multimediator - Apple Japan (1988-1990)

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MS Mechanical Engineering - MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - BS Mechanical Engineering, City Honors School - High school Buffalo NY

Relationship:

Married

About:

Entrepreneur, engineer, connector and VP at Google. At Google[x], Megan works on range of projects including co-creating/hosting SolveForX. For nine years prior she led Google’s New Business Developme...

Bragging Rights:

Over the years, Megan has contributed to a wide range of engineering projects, including an award-winning bicycle lock, space station construction program, solar cookstoves and was a member of the MIT student team who designed, built and raced a solar car 2000 miles across the Australian outback. Co-host/creator SolveforX.com - an online forum to encourage and amplify moonshot thinking and collaboration. Tech moonshot proposals = address a huge problem * propose a radical solution that just might work * use breakthrough technology to make it happen. Come join and declare your "X" - what are you working on, what do you want to see in the world? http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/solve-for-x-celebrating-moonshot.html

Lived:

Syracuse, NY
Leiden, Netherlands
Stamford, CT

Work:

RightClick Recruiting - Associate Researcher

Education:

SUNY The College at Brockport - Communications, Leiden University

Bragging Rights:

Moved to a new city, started a new job and moving soon to my own place! Livin' the dream!

Work:

Salimetrics, LLC - Intern (2013)
CVS Corporation - Pharmacy Technician (2012)

Education:

Pennsylvania State University - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia - Pharmacy, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania - Biology/Chemistry

About:

Grease.

Work:

Disneyland - Food and beverage cashier (2009)
Long Beach Community Colleger - Sign Language Interpreter (2013)

Education:

Los Alamitos - High School Diploma, Cypress Community College - GED classes, Golden West College - Sign Language Interpreting

Tagline:

I take each day as it comes!

Bragging Rights:

I have survived working 2 jobs for about a year now and planning on switching to a better one soon!!

Work:

Mescalero Head Start - Teacher Assistant (3-7)

Education:

Eastern New Mexico University - Early Childhood Education, Ruidoso High School

About:

I am Mescalero Apache and Navajo. I am a full time student and full time mother to a beautiful baby girl. I love chocolate and music. I have a great family who supports me 100%. And I enjoy meeting ne...

Bragging Rights:

Single parent to my baby girl, independent

Work:

VerTech Solutions Group - Technical Writer (8)

Education:

Grand Valley State University - Writing

About:

Born and raised in Small Town, Iowa, I recently packed up my life and bought a cabin in Colorado. I now spend the majority of my time brewery hopping, teaching myself how to bake at 7,200ft., and hiki...

Tagline:

A writing, exploring, dark beer drinking, cabin dwelling Coloradan with roots in Iowa.

Bragging Rights:

There's never been anything to prove.

Work:

Life Time Fitness - Kids Summer Camp Counselor (2011)

Education:

University of Minnesota - Kinesiology, Eden Prairie High School - Diploma

Relationship:

Single

Work:

Adler Pool - Cashier (2007)
Libertyville Sports Complex (2009)

Education:

University of Iowa - Journalism

Tagline:

I wear mismatched socks

Bragging Rights:

I survive everyday being being under five feet tall

Locality:

Seattle, WASHINGTON

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

1944

Locality:

Glendora, California

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

1942

Locality:

long beach, baltimore

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

1946

Apple combines machine learning and Siri teams under Giannandrea

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• incredible amount of technology breakthroughs, including tiny touchscreens and software modems. General Magic also served as an insane incubator and employer of talented people; at one point Susan Kare, Tony Fadell, Andy Rubin, Megan Smith and current Apple VP of Technology Kevin Lynch all worked there.
• Date: Jul 10, 2018
• Category: Headlines
• Source: Google

Tribeca Film Festival Announces Full Slate, Nearly Half Directed by Women

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• startup built by the best and brightest minds of the 1980s tech world, General Magic shipped the first handheld wireless personal communicator in 1994. It was decades ahead of its timeand a complete failure. With Tony Fadell, Marc Porat, Andy Hertzfeld, Megan Smith, Joanna Hoffman, Kevin Lynch.
• Date: Mar 07, 2018
• Category: Entertainment
• Source: Google

Nurse serenades dying patient with her favorite song

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• You never left her side by choice!! Megan Smith wrote alongside Sundays Facebook post. Words cannot describe the appreciation and love we feel for nurse Olivia who mom calls her angel! Your dedication to your patients is beyond any that I have seen, you truly are a beam of light and I cannot tha
• Date: Oct 27, 2017
• Category: Health
• Source: Google

Compassionate nurse sings dying patient's favorite song

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• Words cannot describe the appreciation and love we feel for nurse Olivia, who Mom calls her angel, Megan Smith wrote on Facebook Monday. Smith said Nuefelder sat with her mother for hours as her anesthesia wore off.
• Date: Oct 26, 2017
• Category: Health
• Source: Google

Google Memo Drama Is CEO Sundar Pichai's Greatest Trial Yet

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• People who worked with Pichai lauded him for an ability to work collaboratively. Not all leaders understand that knowledge and kindness are equal, said Megan Smith, the former U.S. Chief Technology Officer who worked with Pichai at Google for 10 years. Sundars that kind of decisive, thoughtful,
• Date: Aug 09, 2017
• Category: Business
• Source: Google

Why Marissa Mayer will emerge from the ashes of Yahoo

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• We're way too one-sided, there's too much of one viewpoint. One good example of this is Megan Smith, the smart CTO of the United States who has a way of communicating information that is understandable and even profound. One of her talks at SxSW made a big impression on me (the father of three girl
• Date: Jan 09, 2017
• Category: Business
• Source: Google

The Latest: Crews find missing plane's recorder in Lake Erie

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• The bakerys founder, Megan Smith, told this news outlet today that the new business is in its early stages, and still must obtain city permits and other regulatory approvals. But if all goes well, St. Anne the Tart could open by the end of May.
• Date: Jan 06, 2017
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google

Lobbyists on the transition await their fate

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• d what are the tools available and missing for the next administration to harness Americas advantages in tech and innovation? Speakers include: Seamus Kraft, OpenGov Foundation; Tony Scott, United States chief information officer; Megan Smith, United States chief technology officer. Nov. 18, 8
• Date: Nov 16, 2016
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google

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Schools:

Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School Ft. Oglethorpe GA 1972-1976

Community:

Clayton Brannon

Biography:

I moved north to the Detroit area. I have two sons, Tom (28) and Ian (23). I am a wr...

Schools:

St. Francis De Sales High School Columbus OH 1986-1988, New Albany High School New Albany OH 1986-1990

Community:

Terry Henkel, Doug Curran

Schools:

Hillside High School Upland CA 2000-2004

Community:

Christine Bills, Lori Foster

Schools:

Union Center Elementary School Valparaiso IN 1985-1992

Community:

Stephen Skvara, Jim Davids, Kristin Johnson, Valerie Manis

Biography:

Life Well I am now Megan Gerber! I live in NC. Lynard is a paratrooper in the US Ar...

Schools:

Eagan High School Eagan MN 1992-1996

Community:

Mackenzie Mchale, Scott Fenstermaker

Schools:

Silver Lake Elementary School Traverse City MI 1996-2000

Community:

Mitch Edmondson, Andrew Winton, Seth Schmidt, Michael Anderson, Dylan Hanna, Caroline Stephenson

Schools:

Silver Lake Elementary School Traverse City MI 1996-2000

Community:

Mitch Edmondson, Andrew Winton, Seth Schmidt, Michael Anderson, Dylan Hanna, Caroline Stephenson

Schools:

McIntyre Middle School Montgomery AL 1988-1992

Community:

Vekia Staten, Kim Wright, John Crowson, Antasha Harris, Leighton Collins, Andre Smith