Google exec Megan Smith named Chief Technology Officer of the US

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Today the White House announced it has selected Megan Smith, an experienced Google executive and engineer,_as its newest Chief Technology Officer, taking the reigns from CTO Todd Park. She will be joined by new Deputy CTO Alexander Macgillivray, a former Twitter lawyer known for defending the free flow of information online. Smith is currently the Vice President at Google[x], a research lab where Google works on some of its most futuristic ideas – most famously its self driving cars. Before this, she led Google in its acquisitions of several platforms, including Google Maps and Picasa. Smith is also known for...
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