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-- Research Partnerships team global lead supporting Google's Research organization, primarily focused on enabling the company's artificial intelligence (AI) and other research efforts.-- Broad scope, largely focused on enabling research through collaboration and intellectual property (IP) agreements, data licensing, university partnerships, service agreements and other strategic engagements. In addition to coverage of Google Research's varied AI projects, Research Partnerships also covered research in quantum computing, robotics, language, health, environment, AI ethics, perception, and social impact.-- Grew team from less than five in the US to 25 globally. Evolved a scrappy, project-focused team to a scaled, highly professional organization with a clear mission and operational excellence across Research's broad portfolio. Established clear roles and responsibilities, positive culture, effective and efficient compliance processes and quarterly accountability to the business.-- Major component of the role was cross-functional leadership across business units and functions.

-- Negotiated strategic partnerships, often involving content and technology licenses, across a variety of early stage features and products in Search, Translate, Docs, security, text-to-speech and renewable energy.-- Established and grew Google's portfolio of master research agreements (MSRAs) with 50+ top universities globally, including Stanford, Berkeley / many UC schools, Harvard, Princeton, CMU, Georgia Tech, U Va., NYU, Cambridge, MIT, U of Toronto.

-- Led global communications strategy for portfolio of complex corporate issues including privacy, controversial online content and Internet safety.-- Role required managing teamwork across all geographies and multiple departments including legal, product management, engineering and government affairs.-- High-profile projects: IPO media relations, SEC investigations, advertising partnerships with Yahoo! and eBay, advertising fraud, DoubleClick acquisition, Department of Justice subpoenas, public launch of Google.org, quarterly earnings communications, acquisition communications, Internet security vulnerabilities, Transferable Stock Option (TSO) program launch.

-- Chief public spokesman and communications strategist for all sensitive corporate issues including corporate earnings, layoffs, shareholder lawsuits, criminal investigations, labor protests, 9/11, Internet security and real estate development.-- Directed global crisis communications team of 15 across multiple functions. Team included: public relations, legal, investor relations, government affairs and HR.

-- Directed Rep. Schumer’s Washington, DC, congressional staff during brief high-stress period.-- Successfully ran office operations and balanced the competing demands posed by his position on the House Judiciary Committee during presidential impeachment hearings, the crush of legislative business at session’s end and intense media scrutiny of his volatile, high-profile U.S. Senate campaign.-- Recruited to serve in this role until Election Day while his senior staff served on his campaign staff.

-- Chief public spokesman during high-profile federal investigations of the DNC by the Department of Justice, the Office of the Independent Counsel and separate House and Senate committees.-- Successfully managed national media relations during televised congressional hearings and a year of aggressive daily coverage by all major media.-- Senior advisor to the DNC’s two chairmen and executive director. Worked directly with the DNC general counsel, congressional staffs and Office of the White House Counsel.

-- Co-wrote daily, nationally distributed political insiders’ column. Interviewed senators, congressmen and other senior public officials daily.-- Wrote comprehensive issue analyses, including several cover stories, of legislative activity, federal policies, and national politics for the sophisticated readership of CQ’s daily, weekly and annual publications.