Marissa Mayer: 2012's Technological Power Phenom

     Who is this stunning, sophisticated, and incredibly intelligent woman on the cover of Fortune Magazine? Well, unless you have been living under a rock, her name is Marissa Ann Mayer, and she is the new president and C.E.O. of the Yahoo corporation. She was proclaimed one of Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in 2012, and for good reason. This technological giant from birth has done amazing things, and has  become a beacon of light for women and growing girls, who want to become successful in the technological industry, or who want to become corporate giants. But even Marissa worked her way up from earnest beginnings to Yahoo.
     With a natural affinity for science and math, Marissa Ann Mayer is the daughter of an engineer and an art teacher. Her ability to design and create was fostered throughout her youth, and Marissa demonstrated an accolade for special abilities when she was able to memorize incredible data at her first job as a cashier. She decided that she wanted to streamline the process of checking out groceries by memorizing all of the prices of groceries. If that isn't an incredible feat for a growing young woman, than I don't know what is!
    The passion to create, organize, and design carried her to Stanford University, where she graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Symbolic Systems. During her undergraduate career, Marissa also taught two courses in computer programming, in which she received teaching awards from the university. Marissa Mayer went on to graduate school to obtain a Masters in Science degree in Computer Science with a emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. Her academic success and internships lead Marissa Mayer to receive 14 job offers, one of which was Google.

     Marissa Mayer broke amazing ground by becoming the first female engineer at Google, after becoming the 20th employee for them. She worked for Google for their product development department for 13 years, and help to create some of their most successful components such as Google Earth, Gmail, Street View, and Google's most infamous doodles! All of her success and technological practice with Google essentially lead her to her next largest accolade: becoming president and C.E.O. of Yahoo.    

    Marissa Mayer became a great female technological leader in July 2012 when she became president of the Yahoo Corporation. In addition, she broke sociological norms by becoming the first working C.E.O. & President to have a new baby. In September 2012, she gave birth to a handsome, healthy baby boy. Doing this, she demonstrated a new culture of the working mother, being an innovator of technology, and a successful mother.

   Marissa Mayer continues to be an innovator of technology, setting the bar on the way that companies and corporations view smart applications. She digs in, and takes a look on how and what people do on a daily basis, and how Yahoo and other systems can utilize this information, and help out the every day consumer. The following video is Marissa Mayer's first interview since she became Yahoo's C.E.O. and president. She was at Fortune Magazine's "Most Powerful Woman" dinner in Palo Alto, California. I wish Marissa Mayer nothing but success with her beautiful baby boy, and as President & C.E.O. of Yahoo. She seems to have a great head on her shoulders, and I hope she continues to stay a technological giant, and a beacon of inspiration to everyone.