Nov 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr · Seattle, Washington, United States · Hybrid

• Led the strategic product vision and roadmap for Cruise's internal Cloud Infrastructure Platform, providing mission-critical compute and networking for high-scale AI training and vehicle automation systems.
• Oversaw the hardware strategy and deployment of novel networking infrastructure to support geographical expansion, resulting in a XX% improvement in Autonomous Vehicle (AV) utilization rate and meeting critical corporate expansion targets.
• Adopted a "Platform-as-a-Product" strategy in collaboration with internal customer organizations (AI/ML Engineering) to define and deliver fundamental cloud capabilities that enabled 99.99%+ reliability
• Established and led a dedicated workstream focused on advanced infrastructure optimizations for ML, directly improving the efficiency and speed of critical ML model development workloads.
• Drove accountability and strategic alignment for a team of 150+ engineers by defining clear program goals (KPIs) focused on platform reliability and developer experience.

Jan 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos · On-site

• Led the strategic 0 -> 1 conception, design, and build of Google Cloud’s flagship Vertex AI Platform, driving over __x growth in Google’s AI business and securing major investment backing.
• Drove executive decision making by leading VP-level strategy and planning rhythms for the AI/ML platform, ensuring roadmap alignment, risk management, and delivery against yearly AI Industry roadmaps..
• Owned the overall Go-to-Market strategy; directly engaged with customers and partner organizations to capture feedback, inform future product requirements, and establish competitive positioning.
• Defined the vision for and delivered the Vertex AI MLOps suite, aligning capabilities with key business requirements that contributed to securing $__M in new enterprise contracts.
• Scaled the Product Management organization from 1 PM to a team of 10, managing 2 reports who progressed to Group Product Manager roles, supporting a 250+ engineer team.

Sep 2013 – Jan 2019 · 5 yrs 4 mos · On-site

• Took leadership of AdWords conversion tracking, covering 40 engineers and 2 PMs. Launched individual features and defined the vision for the area.
• Drove Google Ads' urgent efforts for compliance with GDPR and Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention.
• Designed and launched Upgraded Inventory Campaigns, a tool to automatically write advertisements for everything a business sells.
• Launched Bid Strategy Health & Opportunities to demystify DoubleClick Search's black-box budgeting tool.
• Designed the algorithm for & launched Adaptive Shopping campaigns, which silently tunes ads for higher ROI.
• Launched Purchase Detail Reports, a feature that tells retailers which products were sold as a result of their advertising. 50% of eligible clients use this functionality.
• Integrated Channel Intelligence, a marketing technology company acquired by Google. Successfully transitioned 100 new and returning clients onto Google's stack.
• Launched support for Shopping campaigns in DoubleClick Search

Apr 2010 – Sep 2013 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Redmond, WA

• Authored the API and designed the user experience to allow a single Windows Store app to have more than one instance on screen or in the system’s application switcher. Collaborated with the Internet Explorer, Mail, Calendar, and Reader teams to include this functionality in their apps
• Coordinated the creation of the Immersive Application Manager, the primary window manager for Windows Store apps and central information source for the Windows 8 shell
• Specified and coordinated across three different teams a set of API changes to prevent desktop applications from interfering with Windows Store apps
• Designed and oversaw the implementation of a system that allows users to manipulate unresponsive applications
• Organized the User Experience Team’s talks for //build/ 2013 and blog posts on the Windows Store Developer Blog
• Wrote SDK samples in C#, C++, and JavaScript demonstrating the use of a broad range of Windows 8 APIs, such as push notifications and windowing events. Assisted others in creating code samples by programming scripts and tools for generating sample documentation
• Programmed PaintPlay and Weather, two Windows Store apps released with Windows 8 Developer Preview

Jun 2009 – Aug 2009 · 2 mos

• Internship at an economic consulting firm:
• Invented a model to demonstrate monopolistic practices by a network of hospitals in the Chicago, IL area
• Utilized econometric and statistical techniques to calculate the damages from anti-competitive pricing
• Contributed to expert witness reports to be used in litigation
• Created flexible software for processing hospital-level Medicare data

Jan 2009 – Apr 2009 · 3 mos

• Research in quantitative finance: investigated closed-form solutions to maximum drawdown option pricing (similar to lookback options)

Oct 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Academic research in applied economics: Co-authored papers on interracial cooperation in the NBA and pricing in pay-to-bid auctions
• Using AJAX, PHP, HTML, and Javascript, created a web-based program to proctor mathematics exams
• Performed regression analysis to determine the effect of neighborhood demographics on filing rates for Chapter 13 bankruptcies
• Wrote numerous programs to scrape data from the internet

Jul 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Strategic consulting and market research: Designed quantitative methods to compare expansion prospects for local companies;
• Applied comparative and DCF valuation techniques to client companies;
• Performed in-depth market research for private equity firms

Jul 2005 – Aug 2007 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Served as personal translator and advisor for the mission president, a leader responsible for church units in 17 cities and over 3,000 members
• Led and trained 83 other volunteer representatives
• Organized curriculum and taught weekly English classes for native Russian speakers