Marissa Mayer
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| Marissa Ann Mayer | |
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| Born | May 30, 1975 Wausau, Wisconsin |
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| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Vice President of Search Products & User Experience at Google |
Marissa Ann Mayer (born on 30 May 1975) is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at the search engine company Google. She acts as a gatekeeper for their product release process, determining when or whether a particular Google product is ready to be released to users. She has become one of the public faces of Google, providing a number of press interviews and appearing at events frequently to speak on behalf of the company.[1]
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[edit] Education and career
She received her B.S. in Symbolic systems, graduating with honors, and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. For both degrees, she specialized in artificial intelligence. In 2009, the Illinois Institute of Technology granted Mayer an honoris causa doctorate degree honoring her pathfinding work in the field of search.[2]
Mayer was the first female engineer hired at Google and one of their first 20 employees, joining the company in early 1999. Prior to joining Google, Marissa worked at the UBS research lab (Ubilab) in Zurich, Switzerland, and at SRI International in Menlo Park, California.
[edit] UI & Design Work
Mayer has notable public involvement with Google Search and Gmail, and can be considered significantly responsible for the success of these UIs. Fortune magazine lists her as one of the 50 most powerful women in the world (the 50th), and the youngest woman ever to make the list. She is credited with the design of Google Maps, Google Earth, iGoogle, and more[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Laura Holson, "Putting a Bolder Face on Google", New York Times, 1 March 2009, page BU-1
- ^ "50. Marissa Mayer". IIT Media Room. 2009-03-25. http://www.iit.edu/departments/pr/mediaroom/article_viewer_db.php?articleID=360. Retrieved on 2009-05-16.
- ^ "50. Marissa Mayer". CNNMoney.com. 2008-10-16. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0809/gallery.women_mostpowerful.fortune/50.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-13.
[edit] External links
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- Executive bio on Google's site
- San Francisco Magazine, "The adventures of Marissa," February 27, 2008
- Video-Interview, Feb. 2007 (English, German intro, German subtitles)
- Business Week Online, "Inside Google's New-Product Process," June 30, 2006
- Business Week Online, "Managing Google's Idea Factory," October 3, 2005
- Good Experience interview, October 15, 2002
- Cyberposium 12: Marissa Mayer Keynote Video
- Podcast interview with Marissa Mayer
- Innovation, Sharing and Dreams, Marissa speaking at Stanford
- Google I/O '08 Keynote by Marissa Mayer
- Marissa Mayer At Le Web: The (Almost) Complete Interview
- Charlie Rose Interview on March 5, 2009
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