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Joanne is a Director of Software Development at Google. She co-founded the Google À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ office in 2005 as one of the first developers of mobile Gmail. For years, Joanne led the delivery of mobile Gmail across multiple generations of mobile platforms, co-authoring over a dozen software patents. Most recently she assembled a team of 40 software developers to build the next generation of tools for large-group communication in Google Workspace. Joanne is passionate about championing and developing female leaders in technology. A role model for work-life balance, she has earned multiple promotions while working 32-hour weeks.

Joanne holds a BMath (2000) and MMath (2002) in Computer Science from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. She is mother to 3 school-aged children, enjoys running, and plays in three flute ensembles.