Brian BAM McClendon | Former VP at Google & Uber | Professor | Investor | Presented by Lead Wichita

Jun 13, 2019, 10:30 PM – Jun 14, 2019, 1:00 AM (UTC)

Wichita

BrightWater Bay, 4900 W 31st St S, Wichita, 67217

Brian McClendon is a Research Professor at the University of Kansas. For 15 years, he was a Vice President with Google and led the entire Geo business unit building Google Maps, Street View and Google Earth. In 2013, he was awarded the United Nations “Champions of the Earth” for his work on Google Earth.

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About this event

Brian McClendon is a Research Professor at the University of Kansas after spending 2 years at Uber leading their Maps and Business Platform efforts. For 10 years prior, Brian was a Vice President with Google and led the entire Geo business unit including Google Maps, Street View and Google Earth. He was a co-founder and angel investor in Keyhole, Inc., a geospatial data visualization company that was purchased by Google in 2004 which led to Google Earth. In the 1990s, He spent 8 years at Silicon Graphics, designing 3D graphics workstations. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 and holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas. He ran for Kansas Secretary of State in 2018 as a Democrat, but did not win.

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Speaker

  • Brian McClendon

    University of Kansas

    Research Professor

When

When

June 13 – 14, 2019
10:30 PM – 1:00 AM (UTC)

Agenda

10:30 PMCheck in & Networking
11:30 PMFireside chat with Brian
12:30 AMMore Networking

Organizers

  • Erin Koehn

    KANZA Bank

    Wichita Chapter Co-Director

  • Mary Beth Jarvis

    NXTUS, Inc.

    Wichita Chapter Co-Director

  • Kristyn Smith

    College of Innovation and Design

    Wichita Chapter Team Member

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