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Megan Smith

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CEO of shift7; Entrepreneur, Engineer, Third U.S. Chief Technology Officer & Former Assistant to the President

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Megan Smith Biography

Megan Smith is an award-winning entrepreneur, engineer, and tech evangelist. She is the CEO and founder of shift7, a company working to solve systemic social, environmental, and economic problems and engage proven tech-forward, open, shareable practices to drive direct impact.

Smith served as the third U.S. Chief Technology Officer from 2014-2017 -- working on issues from AI, data science, and open source, to inclusive economic growth, entrepreneurship, structural inequalities, government tech innovation capacity, STEM/STEAM engagement, workforce development, and criminal justice reform. Prior to serving in government, Smith was a Vice President at Google for eleven years leading new business development where she managed early-stage partnerships, pilot explorations, and technology licensing across the global engineering and product teams; she led acquisitions of Google Earth, Maps, and Picasa; led the Google.org transition to increase engineering adding Google Crisis Response, GoogleforNonProfits, Earth Outreach/Engine; and later co-created SolveForX and Women Techmakers. Earlier, Smith served as CEO of PlanetOut, an online LGBTQ community and digital media company in the early days of the Internet, working on early smartphone technologies at General Magic and at Apple Japan.

Board member of MIT, Vital Voices, LA Olympics 2028, Thinkof-Us; Co-founder of the Malala Fund and UN Solutions Summit, advisor to Silicon Valley Comes to the UK and the Algorithmic Justice League, and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Smith has a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT, and a Master’s thesis at MIT Media Lab. Smith was a member of the MIT student team that designed, built, and raced a solar car 2,000 miles across the Australian outback in the first World Solar Challenge. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and National Academy of Engineering.

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    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Megan Smith for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Megan Smith, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Megan Smith or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Megan Smith

    Speaking fees for Megan Smith, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Megan Smith are $50,000 - $100,000 for live events and $30,000 - $50,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Megan Smith, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Megan Smith speak about?

  • Where does Megan Smith travel from?

    Megan Smith generally travels from Washington, DC, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Megan Smith’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Megan Smith for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Megan Smith for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Megan Smith or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Megan Smith

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5 out of 5

CEO of shift7; Entrepreneur, Engineer, Third U.S. Chief Technology Officer & Former Assistant to the President

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Washington, DC, USA
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Megan Smith Biography

Megan Smith is an award-winning entrepreneur, engineer, and tech evangelist. She is the CEO and founder of shift7, a company working to solve systemic social, environmental, and economic problems and engage proven tech-forward, open, shareable practices to drive direct impact.

Smith served as the third U.S. Chief Technology Officer from 2014-2017 -- working on issues from AI, data science, and open source, to inclusive economic growth, entrepreneurship, structural inequalities, government tech innovation capacity, STEM/STEAM engagement, workforce development, and criminal justice reform. Prior to serving in government, Smith was a Vice President at Google for eleven years leading new business development where she managed early-stage partnerships, pilot explorations, and technology licensing across the global engineering and product teams; she led acquisitions of Google Earth, Maps, and Picasa; led the Google.org transition to increase engineering adding Google Crisis Response, GoogleforNonProfits, Earth Outreach/Engine; and later co-created SolveForX and Women Techmakers. Earlier, Smith served as CEO of PlanetOut, an online LGBTQ community and digital media company in the early days of the Internet, working on early smartphone technologies at General Magic and at Apple Japan.

Board member of MIT, Vital Voices, LA Olympics 2028, Thinkof-Us; Co-founder of the Malala Fund and UN Solutions Summit, advisor to Silicon Valley Comes to the UK and the Algorithmic Justice League, and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Smith has a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT, and a Master’s thesis at MIT Media Lab. Smith was a member of the MIT student team that designed, built, and raced a solar car 2,000 miles across the Australian outback in the first World Solar Challenge. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and National Academy of Engineering.

Megan Smith Videos

  • Bernice Dapaah and Megan Smith | The 2020 MAKERS Conference
    Bernice Dapaah, Founder & CEO, Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative, chats with Megan Smith, 3rd U.S. Chief CTO & CEO, shift7, about the intersection of...
  • Megan Smith on General Magic, Apple & Why She Became An Engineer
    Megan Smith is currently CEO of shift7 and was the 3rd US CTO. She started her career as an engineer at Apple's Tokyo office after which she worked...
  • Infinite Future: Infinite Roots - Megan Smith
    Startup Grind Global Conference 2019 About the session: A Keynote by Megan Smith, CEO at shift7; 3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer, talking about...

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FAQs on booking Megan Smith

  • How do I book Megan Smith to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Megan Smith for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Megan Smith, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Megan Smith or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Megan Smith

    Speaking fees for Megan Smith, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Megan Smith are $50,000 - $100,000 for live events and $30,000 - $50,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Megan Smith, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Megan Smith speak about?

  • Where does Megan Smith travel from?

    Megan Smith generally travels from Washington, DC, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Megan Smith’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Megan Smith for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Megan Smith for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Megan Smith or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Megan Smith is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Megan Smith for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Megan Smith generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Randi Zuckerberg, Carly Fiorina, Sallie Krawcheck, Arlan Hamilton and Reshma Saujani. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Megan Smith for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Megan Smith Speaker Videos

  • Bernice Dapaah and Megan Smith | The 2020 MAKERS Conference
    Bernice Dapaah, Founder & CEO, Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative, chats with Megan Smith, 3rd U.S. Chief CTO & CEO, shift7, about the intersection of business and sustainability.
    Megan Smith on General Magic, Apple & Why She Became An Engineer
    Megan Smith is currently CEO of shift7 and was the 3rd US CTO. She started her career as an engineer at Apple's Tokyo office after which she worked at General Magic, the hottest new startup in the...
  • Infinite Future: Infinite Roots - Megan Smith
    Startup Grind Global Conference 2019 About the session: A Keynote by Megan Smith, CEO at shift7; 3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer, talking about Infinite Future: Infinite Roots. About the...
    Megan Smith | The 2019 MAKERS Conference
    Megan Smith, CEO, shift7, talks about the threat of AI from 2019 # MAKERSConference at Monarch Beach Resort. Watch more: ...
  • Diversity in Tech Panel | Code 2018
    It’s no surprise that Silicon Valley has a diversity problem — all you have to do is look at the latest employment stats. But onstage at the our 2018 Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes,...

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

If you are the talent and wish to request a profile update or removal from our online directory, please submit a profile request form.

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