Michael Jones: Chief Technology Advocate, Google

A bit more about Michael Jones, our keynote at the upcoming State of the Web 2009 event:

Michael Jones is Google's Chief Technology Advocate, charged with advancing the technology to organize the world''s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Michael travels the globe to meet and speak with governments, businesses, partners and customers in order to advance Google's mission and technology. He is also the Chief Technologist of Google Maps, Earth, and Local Search——the teams responsible for providing location intelligence and information in global context to users worldwide. Before its acquisition by Google, Michael was CTO of Keyhole Corporation, the basis of Google Earth. He was also CEO of Intrinsic Graphics, and Director of Advanced Graphics at Silicon Graphics responsible for OpenGL and other leading APIs. A prolific inventor and computer programmer since the 4th grade, he has developed scientific and interactive graphics software, held engineering and business executive roles, and is an avid reader, traveler and amateur photographer using a home-built 4 gigapixel camera made with parts from the U2/SR71.