As Chairman and CEO of Google, Dr. Eric Schmidt is responsible for the overall strategy and direction of the world’s largest search engine. Prior to joining Google in August 2001, Dr. Schmidt was Chairman and CEO of Novell, Inc. and from 1983-1997 was Chief Technology Officer at Sun Microsystems, where he earned international recognition as an Internet pioneer. He was also instrumental in the development and widespread acceptance of Java -- Sun’s programming language.

Dr. Schmidt, who regularly participates in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has long been interested in public policy matters. He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.