White House job ‘no brainer’ for Megan Smith

Former Google executive Megan Smith said the decision to become the US’s new chief technology officer was a “no brainer.” She was briefly skeptical of the offer, but soon changed her mind. “At first I thought: ‘Move to DC? What?’” she said at a Fortune summit in California. “But as soon as I thought about it, I’m very service oriented” and love to use technology to help people and the globe, she added. The job, she said, is an “incredible honor and a great opportunity.”