Marissa Mayer

Marissa Ann Mayer
Born	May 30, 1975 (1975-05-30) (age 36) Wausau, Wisconsin United States North America
Residence	San Francisco, Palo Alto
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University
Occupation	Vice President of Location and Local Services, Google[1] Computer programming instructor, Stanford University
Employer	Google Stanford University
Spouse	Zachary Bogue (2009–present)[2]

Marissa Ann Mayer (born on May 30, 1975) is Vice President of Location and Local Services^[3] at the search engine company Google. 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.^[4]

Education and career

After graduating from Wausau West High School in 1993^[5], Mayer was one of two delegates from Wisconsin selected by the Governor of that state to attend the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia.

Mayer 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.^[6]

Mayer was the first female engineer hired at Google and one of their first 20 employees, joining the company in June 1999. Prior to joining Google, Mayer worked at the UBS research lab (Ubilab) in Zurich, Switzerland, and at SRI International in Menlo Park, California.^[7]

User Interface (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^{[citation needed]}. Fortune magazine lists her as one of the 50 most powerful women in the world and the youngest woman ever to make the list.^[8]

Recognition

Mayer has been named as one of Glamour Magazine’s 2009 Women of the Year. ^[9]

References

1. ^ bloomberg.com: Google Executive Marissa Mayer Takes New Role in Location, Local Services
2. ^ Vogue: The Bride Wore Snowflakes
3. ^ "At Google, Mayer Takes a New Job". The New York Times. October 12, 2010. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/google-search-executive-marissa-mayer-takes-a-new-job/. 
4. ^ Holson, Laura (2009-03-01). "Putting a Bolder Face on Google". New York Times, 1 March 2009, page BU-1. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/business/01marissa.html?th&emc=th.
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ IIT (2009-03-25). "50. Marissa Mayer". IIT Media Room. http://www.iit.edu/departments/pr/mediaroom/article_viewer_db.php?articleID=360. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
7. ^ Drescher, Io (2010-06-15). "Meet Marissa Mayer". Silicon Valley Curious. http://www.siliconvalleycurious.com/2010/06/meet-marissa-mayer/. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
8. ^ "50 Most Powerful Women". CNN. September 30, 2010. http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/fortune/1009/gallery.most_powerful_women.fortune/42.html. 
9. ^ [2]

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Marissa Mayer on Charlie Rose
• Marissa Mayer at the Internet Movie Database
• Marissa Mayer at the Notable Names Database
• "The adventures of Marissa" February 27, 2008 in San Francisco Magazine.
• Video-Interview February 2007 (English, German intro, German subtitles)
• "Inside Google's New-Product Process" June 30, 2006 in Business Week Online.
• "Managing Google's Idea Factory" October 3, 2005 in Business Week Online.
• Good Experience interview October 15, 2002
• Marissa Mayer At Le Web: The (Almost) Complete Interview December 10, 2008 at techcrunch.com
• Digg Dialogg: Marissa Mayer July 30, 2009 at digg.com
• Marissa Mayer On 'Twitchy' Google, Her Cell Phone Number, And Maps May 25, 2011 in HuffPost Tech

• Cyberposium 12: Marissa Mayer Keynote Video
• Innovation, Sharing and Dreams, Marissa speaking at Stanford
• Google I/O '08 Keynote by Marissa Mayer

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Date of birth	May 30, 1975
Place of birth	Wausau, Wisconsin United States North America
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