At DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, product managers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in AI.We work closely with Google and other experts to find ways for our advances to benefit society.So far, our systems have shown how they can save energy, identify eye disease, accelerate science, and improve Google products used across the world.

Led the Level 5, Lyft's self-driving initiative, Operations to make self-driving cars a reality.Chief of Staff to EVP, Luc VincentLed Prototyping and Fleet OperationsHelped grow the team from ~25 employees to 400+Built a test track in East Palo Alto for structured testingManaged $XXXM budgetPrimary POC for commercial transactions and M&A

Responsible for due diligence and integration;As a principal in the Google's Corp Dev Integration team, I managed the deal process from diligence to planning to integration. My primary focus was acquisitions and divestitures in Alphabet’s Access and Google’s Geo [local, maps and imagery] product area and Next Billion Users initiative.Notable Acquisitions: Skybox, Nest, DeepMind and Titan AerospaceDivestiture: Terra Bella to Planet Labs

Responsible for Worldwide Headcount Planning, Systems & Operations; and Mergers & Acquisitions- Drove CFO’s #1 OKR – Solve Headcount - from Red in to Green in 6 months by articulating and addressed long standing problems about clarity, visibility and reporting; Led a cross-functional project team of ~15 employees in HR, Engineering and Finance- Defined framework and completed post close acquisition review of a portfolio of companies that Google acquired since 2011 with a purchase price of $XX M and above; Used the lessons learned to improve the review process of Mergers and Acquisitions- Completed scoping, assessment and recommendation on outsourcing appropriate FP&A work streams; Leading a cross-functional team that’s comprised of Accenture, Supplier Sourcing and FP&A

3-year expat assignment, based in Singapore and India

2-year expat assignment, based in Zurich, Switzerland;Responsible for Europe, Middle East & Africa Engineering & Product Management; Aug 2007 - Dec 2008- Conducted “defrag” analysis and made recommendations that resulted in consolidation of engineering activities across fewer offices and closure of some smaller offices- Implemented a new process to assess the need for new engineering offices in Middle East and North Africa and piloted with the proposals to build new offices in the region

Responsible for prioritization of longer term cutting-edge technology investments- Implemented a disciplined financial valuation process by linking the application of new technologies to future enterprise platforms- Drove and influenced shared services center strategy that resulted in NPV of ~$XX M and annual savings of $XX M;

Responsible for Commodity Reviews and Total Value Management in Supply Chain- Led the automotive components division (~40 manufacturing plants in ~20 countries) through Euro conversion- Led worldwide capital expense planning, analysis and reporting for automotive components division.- Developed and facilitated a series of commodity (instrument panels, consoles, radiators, condenser etc.) reviews with first-tier and second-tier suppliers- Developed a plan to improve year-over-year labor and overhead efficiencies and reduced manufacturing costs by x% at Saline Plastics Plant* Finished the job at Visteon, A Ford spin-off

Responsible for designing support structures for instrument panels, radios, CD players for Escort, Taurus, Explorer and Windstar vehicles.

Responsible for technical demos, benchmarking and customer support.- Led sales and marketing team in identifying and meeting customer needs, leading to 300% increase in user base and 60% increase in annual revenue over 3 years- Structured and taught training seminars at Ford, GM, Lockheed Martin etc. to meet customer needs, resulting in increased training revenue, while reducing customer support costs