Jen Fitzpatrick
Jen Fitzpatrick | |
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Born | 1976 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Engineer |
Years active | 1999 - Present |
Employer |
Jennifer McGrath Fitzpatrick is an American engineer. One of the first female engineers at Google, she is currently the senior vice president for Google Core Systems & Experiences.[1]
Education
[edit]Fitzpatrick graduated from Stanford University in 1999. She earned a Bachelor of Science in symbolic systems,[2] and a master's degree in Computer Science.[3] She began using Google as a student,[4] and joined the company's Summer Intern Program in 1999. She was one of four interns.[5]
Career
[edit]One of Google's first 30 employees,[6] Fitzpatrick was hired by Google's founders following her internship.[7] She reported to Marissa Mayer, who became her mentor. To improve gender diversity at Google, Fitzpatrick and Mayer insisted that at least one female executive interview every job candidate.[8][9]
Fitzpatrick has led software development for products and teams including AdWords, Google News, Google Maps, Product Search, corporate engineering and the Google Search Appliance, and co-founded Google's user experience.[10] She holds a US design patent for the iconic graphical user interface of the Google search engine home page.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ ""Jen Fitzpatrick"". Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ "The Growing Presence of Women in Engineering - UC Riverside". UC Riverside. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Meet ELLE's 2016 Women in Tech". ELLE. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ Patricia Sellers (10 September 2015). "Why Powerful Women Love Google—And Why They Leave It". Fortune.
- ^ ""Google's Jen Fitzpatrick Is A Tech Pioneer Who Helps You Explore The World From Home"".
- ^ Ken., Auletta (2010). Googled : the end of the world as we know it. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143118046. OCLC 515456623.
- ^ Miller, Claire Cain. "In Google's Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Why Powerful Women Love Google, and Why They Leave It". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ Efrati, Amir (2011-06-16). "Tech Executives See Paths for Women, Especially Geeks". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Almost half of Google's management team is made up of women — here they are". INSIDER. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal". patents.google.com.