The woman in charge of laying the groundwork for Waymo’s self-driving taxis in cities across the US reveals why humility is key to the company’s future

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

It’s assumed that if you want to work at Alphabet, your best path runs through a computer-science program at a major university. That’s true – but you could also get to the Googleplex by working on a farm. Ellie Casson, the head of local policy for Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving division, is proof. After growing up in a town of just 8,000 people in New York’s Dutchess County, she studied urban planning at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.