Obama names former Google, Twitter officials to White House tech jobs

President Barack Obama tapped Silicon Valley for two key positions on his technology policy team on Thursday, naming Megan Smith from Google as his chief technology officer and Alexander Macgillivray, formerly of Twitter, as a deputy.

As vice president of "Google X," Smith was involved in projects such as driverless cars and Google Glass eyewear, as well as acquisitions for the company, according to Reuters.

Macgillivray was general counsel and head of public policy at Twitter from 2009 until 2013, and will advise the White House on big data and privacy policy and other Internet and intellectual property issues.

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