Career
She is the first woman to hold the title of Chief Technology Officer on a major presidential campaign. Prior to working for the Clinton campaign, Hannon was Google"s director of product management for civic innovation and social impact. Her focus was on building tools to help communities respond to natural disasters as well as producing and sharing transparent election results.
She worked previously as a product manager on Google Maps and Google Wave.
Hannon was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and grew up in Reston, Virginia. She earned a bachelor"s degree in computer systems engineering and a master"s degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University as well as a master of business administration degree at Harvard Business School.
At the time of Hannon"s hiring as campaign Chief Technology Officer, much commentary was made on the significance of a woman holding this position for the first time. The appointment was described as "helping open the door for other women in an industry that has long been a boys club" The theme of transcending traditional gender roles was recently the subject of a speech by Clinton to a Silicon Valley audience, stating her intent to "crack every last glass ceiling".