Marissa Mayer is Vice-President of Search Products & User Experience at Google.

Being an expert in computer science has guided her to become one of the chief decision-makers in the company.

If a major idea or change is going to happen, like Gmail and Google Earth, it has to get past Mayer first.

According to Glamour Magazine, which featured the stylish VP as a 2009 Woman of the Year, Mayer “built the team” responsible for many of Google’s products.

Her goals? Mayer says she wants more women to get into the tech field and to learn and grow while they’re in it.

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