Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Who did Kathy Pham work for from 2018 to 2019?
Kathy Pham Kathy Pham is a Vietnamese American computer scientist and product management executive . She has held roles in leadership , engineering , product management , and data science at Google , IBM , the Georgia Tech Research Institute , Harris Healthcare , and served as a founding product and engineering member of the United States Digital Service ( USDS ) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States at The White House . Pham is a Fellow and Faculty member at the Harvard Kennedy School where she created and teaches Product Management and Society , Fellow at Mozilla , Fellow at the Rita Allen Foundation , and Affiliate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center where she co-founded and leads the Ethical Tech Group . At Mozilla , Pham co-leads the Responsible Computer Science Challenge and co-founded the Mozilla Fix the Internet Incubator . Pham founded Product and Society , which focuses on product management , ethics , and the public interest . Early life and education . Pham’s parents were Vietnamese boat people , who spent several years in refugee camps before immigrating to the United States . Her brother , United States Marine Corps Captain David Pham , was presented the Purple Heart medal during combat operations in Afghanistan . Pham attended Windsor Forest High School in Savannah , Georgia where she was a member of the volleyball team and graduated as Salutatorian of her graduating class . Pham earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology . She also holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from both the Georgia Institute of Technology and Supélec , specializing in cryptography and human computer interaction . While in university , Pham was the chair of Georgia Techs Women in Computing , director of technology at Phi Mu Fraternity , researcher in the Bio-Medical Informatics and Bio-Imaging Lab , and founded the southeast chapter of United for Sight . Career . Pham began her career as a software engineer building flights simulation and healthcare interoperability software at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Harris Healthcare . She then was a consultant and data scientist at IBM who focused on healthcare analytics . There , she also led IBM’s Employee Charitable Contribution Campaign and founded the After Hours Gaming League for with a team that made it to the league gaming finals . At Google , she held roles in product management , technical program management , and data science on Google Health , Google People Operations , and Google Search . She founded Google’s first Business Intelligence Summit , called SELECT* . Pham left Google in 2014 to join and build the United States Digital Service , where she led and contributed to public services across the Veterans Affairs , Department of Defense , Precision Medicine Initiative , and Cancer Moonshot , spanning engineering , product management , and people operations . Pham was a guest speaker to the White House State of Science , Technology , Engineering , and Math ( SoSTEM ) , following the State of the Union address in 2015 . Pham was a 2017-2019 Fellow , and now Affiliate , at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society , where her research spans technology , policy , healthcare , artificial intelligence , and the social responsibility and ethics of the tech industry . As a member of the 2018 MIT Media Lab and Berkman Klein Center Assembly , Phams work addressed the ethics and governance of Artificial Intelligence with a focus on community involvement and community voices , and she co-founded ai-in-the-loop . Pham teaches Product Management and Society at the Harvard Kennedy School of government . Pham is active with outreach and activism , and has been notable for bringing her infant daughter along for a keynote address prompting the hashtag #LittleKeynoteSpeaker . She works closely with immigrant communities to help navigate government services . Pham has served as an advisory board member of the Anita Borg Institute and the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Initiative . Pham is the founder and executive director of the Cancer Sidekick Foundation and the founder of the Boston Chapter of Women in Product . She coined the term Cancer Patient Sidekick . Honors . - Inaugural 40 under 40 , Georgia Institute of Technology ( 2020 ) - Commencement Class Day Farewell Lecturer , Harvard Kennedy School ( 2020 ) - Commencement Speaker , Harvard University , Extension School ( 2019 ) - One of the youngest members to be inducted in the Georgia Tech Greek Hall of Fame . ( 2017 ) - First Lady Michelle Obama’s Guest to the 2015 State of the Union - Nguoi Viet’s 40 under 40 - First Place , representing the United States in the international Imagine Cup “Olympics for Technology” competition with over 300,000 competitors . - Georgia Tech College of Computing’s Most Outstanding Junior - Finalist for the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship - Salutatorian of Windsor Forest High School graduating class External links . - KathyPham.com - Profile at USDS.gov