Jen Fitzpatrick

Jennifer McGrath Fitzpatrick is an American engineer. One of the first female engineers at Google, she is currently the senior vice president for Google Maps.[1]

Jen Fitzpatrick
Born1976
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
OccupationEngineer
Years active1999 - Present
EmployerGoogle

Education

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

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, 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
  1. ""Jen Fitzpatrick, Google Blog"".
  2. "The Growing Presence of Women in Engineering - UC Riverside". UC Riverside. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  3. "Meet ELLE's 2016 Women in Tech". ELLE. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  4. Patricia Sellers (10 September 2015). "Why Powerful Women Love Google—And Why They Leave It". Fortune.
  5. ""Google's Jen Fitzpatrick Is A Tech Pioneer Who Helps You Explore The World From Home"".
  6. Ken., Auletta (2010). Googled : the end of the world as we know it. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143118046. OCLC 515456623.
  7. Miller, Claire Cain. "In Google's Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  8. "Why Powerful Women Love Google, and Why They Leave It". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  9. Efrati, Amir (2011-06-16). "Tech Executives See Paths for Women, Especially Geeks". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  10. "Almost half of Google's management team is made up of women — here they are". INSIDER. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  11. "Graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal". patents.google.com.


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