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Gina Smith

Hong Kong, San Francisco
As seen in: International Data Corporation (IDC), Microsoft Learn Blog, Medium, The Daily Mirror, WIRED Magazine, SFGate, Computerworld, TechRepublic, Eater Carolinas, ReadWrite, The Sacramento Bee and
Covers:  technology, politics, science, genomics, biotech, robotics, robot ethics, cognitive psychology, computer vision, blockchain ...
Doesn't Cover: software reviews
PhD. NYT bestselling author. IDC analyst #DevOps #enterprise

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Gina Smith, PhD is an award-winning science and technology journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of Apple founder Steve Wozniak's biography (iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Doing It, WW Norton, 2007/2014) and The Genomics Age (Amacom, 2004/2010), a Barron's book of the year.

A former on-air correspondent for ABC News' Nightline, World News Tonight and Good Morning America, her long-running talk radio shows about tech and science have reached millions throu…

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Wacky tech patents and patent applications

Wacky tech patents and patent applications

Japanese women, avatars, divorcees, Jeff Bezos, and the ability to walk through walls are some of the subject…

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The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology Is Transforming the Way We Live and Who We Are

The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology Is Transforming the Way We Live and Who We Are

An exploration into how recent leaps in the understanding of DNA offer both scientific promises and complex e…

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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had...

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had...

A New York Times Bestseller: "iWoz traces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted...individual whose contri…

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The Mountain Within: Leadership Lessons and Inspiration for Your Climb to the Top

The Mountain Within: Leadership Lessons and Inspiration for Your Climb to the Top

In July 2008, international business executive Herta von Stiegel led a group of disabled people to the top of…

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Start Here: Six Best Practices for Foundational AI Training

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By Gina Smith
| International Data Corporation (IDC)
As AI adoption accelerates across enterprises, organizations are learning a hard lesson: bolt-on training tied to individual use cases just won’t cut it. To win, organizations must treat AI literacy as a strategic enterprise-wide capability. That means embedding AI training in culture, governance structures, onboarding and performance expectations.
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IDC Market Glance: IT Skills for Digital Business, 2Q26

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By Gina Smith, Leonardo Freitas
| IDG (International Data Group)
This IDC Market Glance explores the changing landscape of IT skills for digital business, focusing on the technologies, platforms, and providers that help organizations build workforce readiness. It highlights key players and maps the market across skills development, domain-specific training, and skills assessment and accelerators.
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IDC Survey Spotlight: Who Is Paying for IT Training at Global Enterprises?

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By Gina Smith
| IDG (International Data Group)
Content 3 slides Get More When you purchase this document, the purchase price can be applied to the cost of an annual subscription, giving you access to more research for your investment. Related Links Web Rights Referencing Documents Abstract This IDC Spotlight Survey shows how IT budgets are the dominant funding source for technology learning and development across all IT role segments, with 76–80% of respondents citing them as their primary funding mechanism.
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Dissertation of Distinction (PhD)

2017 - Academic

I graduated with my PhD in cognitive psychology in August 2017. My PhD dissertation won the coveted 'dissertation of distinction award." My dissertation was chaired by Harvard Medical School professor Ruth Richards, MD, PHD. The school that awarded me the degree, Saybrook University, is a progress graduate school for working professionals, and draws its professors from some of the best schools in the US.

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Upside Elite 2000: The Most Powerful 100 Execs in Technology (#99)

2000 - journalism

After I was appointed CEO of a Larry Ellison-owned dot com company in 2000, Upside Magazine named me among its 100 most powerful tech execs. Truth be told, I was No. 99.

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Computer Press Award: Best Radio Show (1M and over)

1994 - Radio show hosting and production

The Computer Press Association awarded my syndicated three-hour live tech call in show, On Computers with Gina Smith, first prize for Best Radio Show. I originally hosted this show with Leo Laporte, who went on to found TWiT. On Computers reached two million listeners in the US and internationally over the Armed Forces Radio Network every Sunday for a decade. The next year, I left to start a new radio show, Connected with Gina Smith, on the ABC Radio Network.

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American Society of Newspaper Editors Award

1986 - investigative journalism

Won this award with another reporter, the Pulitzer prize winner Mike Sallah, while I was still in college. The piece was a map of all crack houses in a Southern Florida urban neighborhood, with arrest details, owners, everything listed. It won first place in the investigative reporting category, newspapers 150,000 circulation and under. (The piece ran in the Boca Raton News and the News of Delray Beach)

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Florida State University Honored Alumnus (lifetime achievement)

1998 - achievements in journalism

FSU gives this award out to one alumnus annually. I was the youngest alum in the 75 year history of the award to win this -- and the only woman under 35 to receive it. I received the Honored and Distinguished Alumni award in 1998. It has since been renamed the Circle of Gold alumni award for lifetime achievement in a field ...

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