Matt Cutts

Education - Completed high school at Rowan County Senior High School in Morehead, Kentucky - Received a bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of Kentucky in 1995 - Earned a Master of Science degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1998 Career - Started career in search while working on Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Joined Google as a software engineer in January 2000 - Worked in various roles at Google, including ads engineering group and SafeSearch - Co-inventor on a Google patent related to search engines and web spam - Known for giving advice and making statements on Google search engine and related issues Contributions and Recognition - Referred to as the 'Greenspan of Google' by The Wall Street Journal in 2006 - Challenged developers to make Microsoft Kinect more compatible with Linux in 2010 - Defended downgraded PageRank of Google Chrome homepage in 2012 - Took a leave of absence in 2014 to spend time with family and try new things - Joined US Digital Service in 2017 after leaving Google References - Bloomberg Businessweek article titled 'Matt Cutts: The Greenspan of Google' - U.S. Digital Service Blog post titled 'The Next Chapter for USDS' by Matt Cutts - FedScoop article announcing Matt Cutts as the head of US Digital Service - About Me section on Matt Cutts' blog 'Gadgets, Google, and SEO' - BBC News Online article titled 'Inside the Google search machine' Further Reading - Book titled 'The Google Story' by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed - Various news articles and interviews covering Matt Cutts' career and contributions to Google and US Digital Service