John Hanke

John Hanke is a founder and was the CEO of Keyhole, Inc., which was acquired by Google in 2004 and whose flagship product was renamed to Google Earth. Hanke the was formerly the Vice President of Product Management for Google's "Geo" division (Google Earth, Google Maps, Local, StreetView, Sketchup, and Panoramio). He is now running a Google startup lab exploring experimental mobile/social/local applications.

Hanke grew up in Cross Plains, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree (Plan II Honors) from the University of Texas, Austin. While a student at UT he chaired the Distinguished Speakers Committee and brought speakers Jeane Kirkpatrick, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Dith Pran, and others to lecture on campus. He received his MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley in 1996. Prior to business school, he worked in foreign affairs for the US Government in Washington, DC, and Myanmar. Upon Graduation, he subsequently helped start two successful entertainment software companies, Archetype Interactive and Big Network.

External links

• Keyhole, Inc Company Information
• Interview at Where 2.0 2005