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Sunnyvale, CA, US

San Francisco, California, US

• VP of Engineering overseeing a global team of nearly 300 engineers for Upwork’s Talent Marketplace, developing products that connect businesses with skilled freelancers and driving ~90% of total company revenue.Key.
• Lead cross-functional engineering teams on client tools, messaging, ads, monetization, and search products, enhancing platform capabilities and driving high user engagement.
• Spearhead new product innovation with the Emerging Businesses team, such as LLM integrations
• Drive engineering productivity and quality through Agile methodologies, fostering efficient execution and a culture of operational excellence.
• Partner with product and business leadership to ensure engineering alignment with strategic goals, positioning engineering as a core driver of revenue growth.Business Impact:
• Generated $xxxM in additional revenue from new product launches, contributing to total revenue of ~$700M and underscoring engineering’s central role in Business Growth.

San Bruno, CA, US

• Director of Engineering overseeing YouTube’s Live Streaming product, leading a large distributed team of engineers. Focused on driving high-impact innovations to enhance viewer engagement, grow creator revenue, and.
• Direct engineering for live video creation, viewer experiences, monetization, discovery recommendations, ML quality, real-time chat, and supporting infrastructure
• Partner with product management, business strategy, and data science teams to align engineering efforts with strategic growth and engagement goals
• Expand the engineering team to meet product demands, establishing standards for collaboration, technical excellence, and agile delivery
• Drive product innovation through key feature launches like Premieres, Collaborative Streaming, and Live Shopping, positioning YouTube as a leader in live-streaming technologyBusiness Impact:
• Achieved ~15x growth in live streams and streaming channels

San Bruno, CA, US

• Head of Mobile Live Streaming product engineering, delivering strategic innovations and leading the development of industry-defining mobile streaming features for YouTube.Key Responsibilities:
• Lead a team of full-stack engineers in the end-to-end development and deployment of mobile live streaming capabilities, enhancing user engagement and experience on YouTube’s Android and iOS apps.
• Spearhead innovation as a technical leader, driving groundbreaking solutions in mobile live streaming to position YouTube as a leader in the space.
• Pioneer direct payment capabilities within live streaming, creating substantial new revenue channels for content creators and enhancing platform monetization.
• Collaborate closely with product and design teams to translate strategic objectives into scalable, user-focused features.Business Impact:
• Mitigated competitive threats in the gaming and mobile sectors by delivering mobile-first streaming innovations tailored to user demands.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Chief Architect for mobile technology innovations in the Social Product areaKey Responsibilities:
• Spearhead innovation initiatives as a visionary technical leader, pushing industry boundaries.
• Lead a full-stack engineering team to develop and deploy end-to-end mobile social features, enhancing user experiences.Notable Achievements:
• G+ 2nd Gen: Chief architect of revised client-server interface for Google+ social network, transitioning from client-rendered data protocol to server-rendered presentation protocol. Led seamless full-stack.
• Hangouts Glassware: Engineering lead for popular text, emoji, and photo messaging app on Google Glass. Orchestrated full-stack effort across client, web front end, and chat server backend.
• G+ Glassware: Engineering lead for social networking app on Google Glass, enabling photo sharing, location tagging, and voice-transcribed text. Coordinated full-stack development across client, web front end, and.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• System Architect, Office of the CTOResponsibilities: Provide architectural support to DTV and STB business units. Develop corporate technology initiatives and transfer to product teams.Notable Achievements:
• Android for CE - Chief architect of an industry-wide open software platform for DTV and STB devices based on Android. Led technical promotion efforts with international business partners, resulting in sponsorship by.
• Trident Middleware - Led a company-wide, cross-functional effort to unify software infrastructure for the DTV and STB business units onto a shared platform. Successfully achieved the consolidation of software.
• Android Distributed Programming - Designed and implemented programming environment for Android applications that span device boundaries, enabling multi-screen entertainment applications. Results formed key IP for the.
• Social Networking - Developed a prototype system in partnership with Facebook to integrate social networking into a multi-screen TV viewing experience. Incorporated innovative features such as a 3D gesture-based UI.

• System Architect, Office of the CTO, driving corporate technology initiatives to transition the company from an IC supplier to a higher-level SoC provider.Key Responsibilities:
• Design and implement innovative storage, network, and digital media system architectures.
• Collaborate with business partners to establish product direction and partnerships.
• Transfer technology to product groups for launchBusiness Impact:
• Contributed to significant company growth, increasing revenue from $50M to $300M+.
• Earned multiple patents related to networking, digital media, storage, and embedded systemsShipped commercial products:

Tech lead and primary developer of Layer 2 switching software for a 10G Ethernet switch with large-scale memory for video caching and distribution. When Kealia was acquired by Sun Microsystems, this product formed the basis for the Sun Fire X4500 data server.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Research Scientist, Sun LabsArchitect, Desktop Division.Responsibilities: Develop strategic technologies and lead transfer to commercial products related to computer hardware and software systemsEarned multiple patents.
• SunRay(tm) - Member of small team that created the Sun Ray thin-client, a stateless terminal in which raw pixel updates are transmitted over commodity networks from a multi-user server. Developed methodology to.
• NetCam - Member of small team that created one of the first network-attached video cameras, along with motion detection and video indexing for security monitoring. Extended system to support network video distribution.
• Sun Media Server - Developed hierarchical video coding and network delivery system capable of dynamic transparent scaling of bandwidth and QoS.
• Image Processing Library - Created high-performance routines for 2D graphics.Technology development:
• Process Migration - Created operating system abstraction to virtualize all host-specific interfaces and encapsulate complete state of collections of active processes. Developed Solaris(tm) operating system capable of.

Ph.D., Computer Science

B.S. And M.S., Mathematics And Computer Science