Jack Chen is an in-house lawyer at the Google office in New York. He was born to immigrant parents in Texas, USA.

Education + Professional Background

  • Jack has two degrees in computer science from Harvard and Berkley. He received early entrance to Harvard during his senior year of high school.
  • He graduated college in 1997.[1]
  • In 2001, Chen started his Law degree at Fordham University.
  • Before joining the legal department at Google in 2010, Chen worked as a systems engineer at Xanboo Inc., a startup that produced internet-based home automation and security systems.
  • He also spent two years as a patent and trademark attorney at Kenyon & Kenyon in New York, and three years as an associate at Baker Botts LLP.
  • At Google, Chen works as Product Counsel for Chrome products.


Visual Impairment

  • Jack was not born blind. During his early years, he did have a limited sense of shapes, light and colour. At the age of sixteen, Jack lost all of his vision as a result of complications during an eye surgery. At work, Chen uses a screen reader as well as the Text-To-Speech (TTS) function on his iPhone. To improve efficiency, he listens to 620 words a minute, a speed at which words are incomprehensible to untrained ears. He also uses OCR software to help him to convert print and graphical documents into text.
  • He also has an assistant at work.
  • Jack believes that he has developed his blindness has helped him to develop lawyer because he is used to problem solving
  • Jack uses a cane.
  • Used a magnifying machine at school.
  • Had an office of his own at Google - now wears headset to listen )[2]


Achievements

  • In 2012, Chen climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • He has run 9 marathons and completed multiple triathlons, including 2 Ironmans.
  • While training for a triathlon, Jack regularly got up at 3:00am before going into the office.
    [3]https://futrlaw.org/inspiration-jack-chen-story/

References

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  1. ^ Passion Talks International (2019-11-23). The Daily Battle Of I Can't - Jack Chen. Retrieved 2024-09-26 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Team, Engagement (2016-10-07). "Diversity and Accessibility at Work: Meet Jack Chen". ResponsiveVoice.JS AI Text to Speech. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  3. ^ "Inspiration: The story of blind Google lawyer Jack Chen - FutureLaw". 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2024-09-26.