Meredith Whittaker's biography makes for some pretty impressive reading. As the founder of Google's Open Research program, she acted as something of an interface tween the software manufacturer and the academic world. A wider public got note of her in 2017, when she was one of the main organizers of the "Google Walkouts" against sexual harassment and discrimination that were to make waves in the tech world far beyond Google. But for Whittaker herself, it also marked a break with her longtime employer, which she left in 2019.