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Nicole Wong
Nicole Wong | |
|---|---|
 Nicole Wong in 2010 | |
| Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States | |
| In office May 2013 – August 16, 2014[1] | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicole A. Wong |
| Residence | Berkeley, California |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University UC Berkeley School of Law Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Nicole A. Wong is an American attorney, specializing in Internet, media and intellectual property law. In May 2013, she was selected by the Barack Obama administration to be the White House deputy chief technology officer (CTO) of the United States.[2] She earned the nickname "the Decider" while she was vice president and deputy general counsel at Google, where she was responsible for arbitrating issues of censorship for Google.[3][4][5] Wong stepped down as Deputy US CTO on August 16, 2014, to return with her family to California.[1] She currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Albright Stonebridge Group, a global business strategy firm, and is a member of the Mozilla Foundation's Board of Directors.[6]
- ^ a b Tsukayama, Hayley (August 15, 2014). "U.S. Deputy CTO Nicole Wong is leaving the White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ McCullagh, Declan (May 7, 2013). "White House picks Twitter lawyer as chief privacy officer". CNET. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
- ^ Rosen, Jeffrey (November 28, 2008). "Google's Gatekeepers". New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- ^ Rosen, Jeffrey (April 29, 2013). "The Delete Squad: Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the New Global Battle over the Future of Free Speech". The New Republic.
- ^ "Google Management". Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ^ "Mozilla Foundation - Leadership". Mozilla Foundation - Leadership. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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