Brian Crowley

CEO

Ireland20 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

18+ years in technology and operations leadership
Global team management across multiple continents
Expert in risk management and policy enforcement

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Trust & Safety within the AdTech and online content moderation sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Trust & SafetyLeadershipPolicy EnforcementRisk OperationsRisk ManagementOperations ManagementBusiness AnalysisData AnalysisPublic PolicyPublic Administration

Other Skills

Policy DevelopmentTeam ManagementFraud InvestigationMetrics and ReportingResearchPolicy AnalysisLegislative ProcessConstituent RelationsE-paymentsE-commerceStrategyProject ManagementProcess ImprovementGoogle AdwordsOnline Advertising

About

Global organizational leader with 18+ years experience in technology, product policy and enforcement, engineering, finance, operations, and sales building and leading small, medium and large teams across different business areas -- monetized and non-monetized and both strategic and operational. Proven ability to set up teams spanning Ireland, United States, India, Singapore, Brazil and Tokyo to deliver to requirements and on time. Enjoy fast paced, high energy work environment. Speaker externally with KOFs on the work we do including with Government Minister's, regulators, media, civil society groups, law enforcement and academia. Gave guest lecture at Trinity College Dublin to LLM Programme in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 on the topic of Regulation in Cyberspeech and content moderation approaches online. Experience: Ad Tech, AI opportunity & threat mitigation techniques -- supporting safe business growth, management, operations, customer service, strategic planning, organizational design, change management, KPIs, operational improvements, relationships, fraud prevention, payment processing, AR, cultural change, monitoring systems, policy development and enforcement, privacy control, vendor operations/management, etc.

Experience

Google

6 roles

Global Director, Trust & Safety

Promoted

Nov 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Global Director, Trust & Safety - Ads & Content
with additional responsibility as Global Affairs Ireland Site Lead.

Risk ManagementPolicy DevelopmentTeam ManagementTrust & SafetyLeadership

Head of AdWords Policy (Enforcement) & Risk Operations AMERICAS, EMEA & APAC at Google

Promoted

Apr 2013 – Nov 2020 · 7 yrs 7 mos

Policy EnforcementRisk Operations

Risk Operations Manager

Promoted

Jul 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Risk ManagementOperations Management

Business Analyst

Apr 2008 – Jul 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Business AnalysisData Analysis

Acting Risk Team Lead (Hyderabad)

Promoted

Jan 2008 – Apr 2008 · 3 mos

Risk Analyst

Sep 2006 – Dec 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos

Perform fraud investigations including: reviewing accounts, detecting fraud trends, and summarizing key findings.
Collaborate with cross-functional groups to enhance risk management tools and system functionality.
Design rules and operations processes to minimize financial exposure.
Work with teams in North America and Asia-Pacific.
Work on Metrics and Reporting.

Fraud InvestigationMetrics and ReportingRisk Management

The homeless agency (dublin city council / health service executive)

Financial Research Assistant

Sep 2005 – Sep 2006 · 1 yr

Dealt with difficult/sensitive issues which require fair and balanced decision-making
Research for Best Practice in Service User Participation and developed a Service User Charter
Evaluation of Homeless Emergency Services to introduce improved and resource efficient services in a changing and fast moving environment
Negotiated Service Level Agreements with Service Providers
Funding Assessment Panel – budgets, projection, deficit analysis, quarterly returns (managed a 52M EUR budget)
Policy Analysis, Report Compilation, and Report Writing
Met with consultants, CEOs and other representatives from Service Providers
Met and presented to Agency’s Board and Consultative Forum
Drafted and issued tender documentation; procurement
Prepared terms of reference and protocols