Parisa Tabriz

Parisa Tabriz may be better known as Google’s “Security Princess.” She pursued both her Bachelor of Science and her Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. While in school, Parisa was offered an internship at Google and was hired immediately upon her graduation. She has traveled around the world solving the current most threatening problems of computer hacking; spending an entire year in Switzerland on such projects. She holds many achievements, including being selected by Forbes as one of the “30 under 30 Pioneers in Technology”. In 2015, she spent her vacation time working with the White House U.S. Digital Service to enhance security of technology used to run the American government. Recently she was given the Distinguished Achievement Award by the Department of Computer Science at U of I.