Megan Smith
Megan J. Smith (born October 21, 1964) 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, a vice president briefly at
Google[x] where she co-created WomenTechmakers, is the former
CEO of
Planet Out and worked as an engineer on early smartphones at
General Magic. She serves on the boards of
MIT and
Vital Voices, was a member of the
USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid and co-founded the
Malala Fund. 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, and serving until January, 2017.
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