Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen is a Danish software engineer, technology executive, and co-founder of Where 2 Technologies which led to Google Maps. See more

From July 1999 to November 2002, Rasmussen was a senior engineer at Digital Fountain in California. Digital Fountain used … See more

In early 2003, Rasmussen and his brother Lars started Where 2 Technologies, a mapping project that developed the prototype of their mapping application called Expedition. Google acquired Where 2 Technologies in October 2004, and the Rasmussen … See more

Rasmussen invented Google Wave in 2004, while the brothers were in talks with Google about selling Where 2 Technologies to Google. The Rasmussen brothers started … See more

Rasmussen designed the Google Maps pin while he was employed by Google. The pin is a simple pointer with a bubble top which tapers to a narrow point with a drop shadow. A Google spokesperson told the New York Times that Rasmussen avoided using a star or dot … See more

Rasmussen holds patents on thirty-five software services and applications. See more

Google Maps won two Webby Awards in 2006, one in the General Website Services category and another in the Best Practices category.
In 2010, the See more