mARIAN CROAK

the VISIONARY
INVENTOR, ENGINEER, MENTOR

“Focus on what you want to change and make that change happen.”

THE WORK

Recognised for her part in advancing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, her career first began in the 1980s at Bell Labs, driven by a curiosity of how technology could positively impact our lives.

Her focus in developing VoIP was to create a software that would transform a person’s voice into digital signals. In doing so, she laid the groundwork for the video calls we often utilise in our daily lives today.

WHY SHE’S A GODMOTHER

Marian played a key role in creating a text-to-donate system that helped raise donations for relief aid following the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as well the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

She is now vice president of engineering at Google, leading the Research Centre for Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology.

Marian has more than 200 patents to her name, is an active contributor to racial justice efforts at Google, and seeks to encourage young women and girls to pursue their engineering dreams.