Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment.

The main motivations were to try to leverage Google's expertise with large computer systems and to try to give something back to science

As a kid growing up, this was sometimes a little bit intimidating to have a mom who was always, like, speaking up and always saying something that might be kind of controversial . . . . The thing I think that we got out of that that was really good was, like, we weren't afraid to make waves.

Rarely are opportunities presented to you in a perfect way. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. 'Here, open it, it's perfect. You'll love it.' Opportunities -- the good ones -- are messy, confusing and hard to recognize. They're risky. They challenge you.

Right now, offline and online are coming together because of smartphones.

It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work!

Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what's going to happen.