Who is Marian Croak?
Marian Croak is an American engineer and a pioneer in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. Her innovations helped make online communication tools like Skype, Zoom, and Google Meet possible.
Key Achievements:
- Over 200 patents, mostly in VoIP and digital communications.
- Developed the technology that allows voice calls over the internet (which companies like Skype and Zoom later used).
- Played a crucial role in expanding text-based donations (e.g., for disaster relief efforts like Hurricane Katrina).
- Worked at AT&T for over 30 years, leading research in networking and internet services.
- Now a Vice President at Google, focusing on AI and improving internet reliability.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (2022) for her contributions to VoIP.
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