Shobana Radhakrishnan

CTO

Mountain View, California, United States23 yrs 10 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Led Google TV's global expansion from 10M to 270M users.
  • Pioneered AI-based personalization for Google TV.
  • Extensive experience in cloud computing and technical leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud computing and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipCloud ComputingScalabilityProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentQuality AssuranceData Security

Other Skills

Distributed SystemsSystem ArchitectureTeam BuildingAgile MethodologiesAI IntegrationData Loss PreventionUser ExperienceWeb ServicesHigh AvailabilityRESTPerlJavaHadoopScrumMobile Applications

Experience

23 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Various startups

Angel Investor

Aug 2025Present · 9 mos

  • Investing in high potential, AI-based startups

Kalido

Advisor

Sep 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · India

  • My role is to help Kalido identify industry needs to help with strategy for overall enterprise solution and approach for engagement.

Emory university - goizueta business school

Executive Advisory Board Member

Sep 2022Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

Nia

Member Board of Directors

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · San Jose, California, United States · Remote

  • At Nia, we are working hard to help academically strong girls in India fight social, cultural and economic challenges in pursuing the education and life they dream of, through the power of choice.
  • If you'd like to know more or donate, check this out - https://niapower.org/about

Google

3 roles

Senior Director of Engineering, Google TV - Experience, AI and OS Platforms

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Leading Gemini & AI integration for Google TV
  • Scaled 10M->270M+ Globally, expanded GTV to mobile, Tablet and XR Platforms
  • Expanded team 20X, driving global site distribution strategy to APAC and EMEA
Distributed SystemsScalabilityCloud ComputingTechnical LeadershipSoftware DevelopmentSystem Architecture

Senior Director of Engineering, Google TV Experience

Promoted

Oct 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Led Launch of Google TV on Chromecast, and further expansion to global devices
  • Led pivot to AI-based personalization and integration with Google Search Platforms
  • Scaled processes for 4.x+ rating goal across top global brands
  • Instituted 360 metric review process across System, user and partner feedback
  • Led vision and execution for multi-device x-vertical architecture
Agile MethodologiesTechnical LeadershipProduct ManagementSoftware Development

Director of Engineering, Google TV Experience

Aug 2018Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Drove Techology vision and 0->1 launch for Google TV, personalized content discovery built on Android TV OS via integration with Google Search Platforms.
Technical LeadershipSoftware DevelopmentSystem Architecture

Roku

Director Cloud Services, Application and Publishing Platforms

Jun 2015Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Led the teams responsible for building platform services for a variety of large scale services including account management, user messaging and notifications, device provisioning, firmware OS cloud services. Integration with data science, data analytics and personalized targeting platforms.
Cloud ComputingTechnical LeadershipSoftware Development

Mindflash

Vice President of Engineering

Mar 2014Jun 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Mindflash is a cloud-hosted learning management system (LMS) that provides a quick and highly cost-effective platform to develop training for employees and customers, with detailed reporting and survey features. Free trial in minutes, listing of our large enterprise customers and other details at http://www.mindflash.com.
  • At Mindflash, I lead the team responsible for the technical strategy and engineering execution.
  • We are excited about solving the interesting challenges in ensuring high scale, high availability and high pace for our 1000+ customers, working towards a goal of completing 2 million course completions and constantly charging forward on innovation with integrations like Sension's interactive behavior-based technology .
Cloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentQuality Assurance

Netflix

Engineering Management

Jan 2012Jan 2014 · 2 yrs · Los Gatos

  • Responsible for cloud-based services that handle 100 billion movie metadata operations/day to power the metadata needs for a wide a range of services from the website, recommendation systems to playback and open connect for streaming.
  • Enabled global personalization using AI across all surfaces and form factors for optimal user engagement and satisfaction.
Cloud ComputingAI IntegrationTechnical Leadership

Yahoo!

Director of Engineering

Feb 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

Symantec

2 roles

Senior Manager, DLP Platform Groups

Sep 2009Feb 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Led the teams responsible the algorithms, web interface and storage systems for detection and management of data security issues. Worked closely with product management and enterprise customers for roll-out and adoption of the products.

Engineering Manager

Mar 2009Sep 2009 · 6 mos

  • Led the team responsible for building the Endpoint solution for Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
Data SecurityTechnical Leadership

Yahoo

Senior Engineering Manager

Mar 2002Feb 2009 · 6 yrs 11 mos

  • Drove integration of Zimbra with Yahoo Mail for Small Business
  • Led expansion of Geocities and integration with core Yahoo Web Hosting
  • Led architecture and process integration for Web Hosting (Mail, DNS, Website hosting) following acquisition; Lead for DNS Services & database replication
Data Loss PreventionData Security

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Stanford Executive Program (SEP) — Business/Managerial Economics

Jan 2022Jan 2022

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Master of Science (M.S.) — Computer Science

College of Engineering, Guindy

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electrical and Electronics

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