This document provides information on top 10 kingmakers in the tech world, including their current roles and past experience. It profiles: 1) Sir Jonathan Ive at Apple, 2) Jeeyeun Wang at Samsung, 3) Peng Jiang at Alibaba, 4) David Ebersman co-founder of Lyra Health and former CFO of Facebook, 5) Stephanie Hannon former Google and Facebook employee and CTO of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, 6) Andrew Jassy at Amazon Web Services, 7) Megan Smith former Google executive and current US CTO, 8) Alex Roetter at Twitter, 9) Mike Gamson at LinkedIn, and 10) Kat Holmes at Microsoft.
2. Sir Jonathan Ive (48)
▪ Currently: Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Inc.
▪ First Job: London-based startup design agency called Tangerine
• He is the leading designer of many Apple products included
the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch,
iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, and iOS 7.
• Steve Jobs used to call him, “spiritual partner at Apple”.
3. Jeeyeun Wang
Currently : Creative Director at Samsung Electronics Mobile
Division.
• She was the major face behind Galaxy S Smartphone design.
• She worked for 22 hours a day continually for 3 months away
from her new born baby while working on the design of Galaxy
S Smartphone.
• During her tenure Samsung and Apple fought over the design of
their phones. After a lengthy deliberation, the jury found
Samung guilty of violating patent.
4. Peng Jiang(42)
▪ Currently: Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Alibaba Group Holding Limited since
September 2013.
• He joined Alibaba in 2000.
• He is responsible for overseeing various technology teams as well as
the data business group.
• He oversaw Alibaba's shared-services business from January 2013 to
September 2013 and served as President of Taobao Marketplace
from July 2012 to January 2013.
• Peng Jiang also known as ‘Leo’, is the president of YunOS - a Linux
distribution software designed for smartphones based on Android
Open Source Project.
5. David Ebersman (46)
• Currently : Co-founder and CEO of Lyra Health.
• First Job: Equity Research Analyst, Biotechnology at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in
1991.
• He served as the Chief Financial Officer at Facebook from 2009
to 2015.
• He came to Facebook’s attention through Arthur Levinson, who
recommended Ebersman to Zukerberg, despite his lack of
Internet experience.
• He replaced Gideon Yu, who left Facebook in controversial
circumstances.
• He was the man behind Facebook IPO.
6. Stephanie Hannon (40)
• Currently: CTO of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
• First Job: Software Engineer at Granite System in 1996.
• She worked previously as a product manager on Google Maps
and Google Wave from 2004 to 2011.
• She also worked as product manager at Facebook from 2012 to
2013.
• She is the first woman to hold the title of Chief Technology
Officer on a major presidential campaign.
• Her appointment was described as "helping open the door for
other women in an industry that has long been a boys club”.
7. Andrew R. Jassy (47)
• Currently : Senior Vice President of Amazon Web Services.
• Before Amazon, he worked as Director at Coupa Software.
• He served as Vice President of Web Services at Amazon.com Inc.
from January 2005 to April 2006.
• He served as the Vice President of Associates and Web Services
of Amazon.com Inc. from September 2003 to January 2005 and
served as its Vice President.
• About Amazon growth, he says, “There was no “ah-ha” moment
that led this online bookseller to one day disrupt a trillion dollar
technology market.”
8. Megan Smith (50)
▪ Currently: Chief Technology Officer of United States Government.
▪ First Job: Multimedia; HyperCard - marketing, developer svcs, business
development at Apple Computer Japan in 1988.
• She was the Vice President of Google[X] after leading
business development at Google for nine years, and was
general manager of Google.org and the former CEO of Planet
Out.
• She is a member of the USAID Advisory Committee on
Voluntary Aid and co-founded the Malala Fund.
• She was featured among Top-25 Women on the Web in 2000.
• In 2012 and 2013, Megan Smith was listed by Out magazine
as one of the 50 most powerful LGBT people in the United
States
9. Alex Roetter (36)
• Currently : Senior Vice President of Engineering at Twitter.
• Previous Job: He was a software engineer at Google Inc. from
2002 to 2009.
• He was the Director of Engineering at Laufer Wind Group from
2009 to 2010.
• He was one of the founding members of Google’s AdSense
team.
• He joined Twitter in 2010.
• He replaced Chris Fry as Senior Vice President of Engineering in
May, 2014.
• He spearheaded Twitter’s move to become a Mobile-Services
Shop.
10. Mike Gamson (40)
• Currently: Senior Vice President of Global Solutions at LinkedIn.
• Previous Job: Financial Analyst at Bank of America.
• Mike Gamson served as the Vice President of Sales for Hiring
Solutions business at LinkedIn Corporation from June 2008 to
January 2011, and was General Manager of LinkedIn Research
Network from September 2007 to June 2008.
• Mike’s views on sales is legendary , he says, “Be like a batman,
not a beat cop.”
• Mike thinks technology can help us fit our ‘office’ into a
‘pocket’.
11. KAT HOLMES
Currently : Design Director, Operating System at Microsoft.
First Job: Engineer at Tektronix in Portland, USA
• She has been featured among the top four people helping to
design the future of Microsoft by the Official Microsoft Blog.
• She leads the next generation design work on Windows and
Xbox, most recently focusing on the Windows Phone personal
assistant Cortana.
• Outside work, she collaborated with Warner Bros. and VICE
Media’s online magazine, Motherboard, to create Captivated
By Her, a two-part documentary inspired by Spike Jonze’s
movie Her.
• The documentary follows workshops with students, artists
and innovators to explore how interactions between humans
and technology might be made more emotionally intelligent.
