Google Marissa Mayer

marissa mayer speaking @ google search on event in 2010.

after graduating stanford, mayer received 14 job offers, including teaching job @ carnegie mellon university , consulting job @ mckinsey & company. joined google in 1999 employee number 20. started out writing code , overseeing small teams of engineers, developing , designing google s search offerings. became known attention detail helped land promotion product manager, , later became director of consumer web products. oversaw layout of google s well-known, unadorned search homepage. on three-person team responsible google adwords, advertising platform allows businesses show product relevant potential customers based on search terms. adwords helped deliver 96% of company s revenue in first quarter of 2011.

marissa mayer @ interview while working google.

in 2002, mayer started associate product manager (apm) program, google mentorship program aimed recruit new talents , cultivate , train them leadership roles within company. each year, mayer selected number of junior employees two-year program, see them take on number of extracurricular assignments , intensive evening classes. notable graduates of program include bret taylor , justin rosenstein. in 2005 became vice president of search products , user experience. mayer held key roles in google search, google images, google news, google maps, google books, google product search, google toolbar, igoogle, , gmail.

mayer vice president of google search products , user experience until end of 2010, when asked then-ceo eric schmidt head local, maps, , location services. in 2011, secured google s acquisition of survey site zagat $125 million. while mayer working @ google, taught introductory computer programming @ stanford , mentored students @ east palo alto charter school. awarded centennial teaching award , forsythe award stanford.