Randeep Singh Gakhal

VP of Engineering

Mountain View, California, United States25 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Driving AI innovation in software development at Google.
  • Led major mobile release programs impacting billions of devices.
  • Successfully built and acquired a startup in the tech industry.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Mobile Applications expert with a strong focus on Technical Program Management.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Software Development LifecycleAiConsumer ExperiencesTechnical Program ManagementMobile ApplicationsSoftware EngineeringTechnical Leadership

Other Skills

Open SourceGCPSecurityReliabilityResource EfficiencyPersonalizationRankingSearchAdsBilling PlatformDeveloper ConsoleApp Distribution InfrastructureUser ExperienceSearch RankingApp Distribution

About

I'm currently driving innovation to transform Software Development at Google through applications of AI. Previous roles at Google include TPM Leadership for Google Play and Firebase. Prior to Google, I've served in Engineering leadership roles at Amazon and Netflix and have had the opportunity to develop a startup from ground zero to successful acquisition (Lyve Minds --> Seagate).

Experience

25 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
12 yrs
Current Experience

Google

3 roles

Director, Technical Program Management, Core Developer

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • TPM Leader responsible for transforming the SDLC at Google through applications of AI across the entire software lifecycle, enabling new capabilities for Google engineers using open source and GCP, and ensuring Google's software is secure, reliable, and highly resource efficient.
AISoftware Development LifecycleOpen SourceGCPSecurityReliability+1

Director, Technical Program Management, Google Play

Sep 2023 – Jul 2024 · 10 mos

  • TPM lead for Google Play, spanning the entire gamut of the business including consumer experiences, personalization and ranking, search, ads, billing platform, developer console, serving platform, and app distribution infrastructure.
Consumer ExperiencesPersonalizationRankingSearchAdsBilling Platform+3

Director, Technical Program Management, Google Play Store

Jun 2014 – Oct 2023 · 9 yrs 4 mos

  • Led Technical Program Management and Chief of Staff operations for the consumer experiences team in Google Play which included:
  • Play Store experience including user experience, personalization, and search ranking.
  • Play Store across form factors including Tablets, ChromeOS, TV, Wear, and Auto.
  • Play's app distribution infrastructure serving O(billion) app installs + updates daily.
  • Play Games on Windows, an emerging platform.
  • Play Services -- Background services, consumer experiences, and SDKs with 1000s of eng contributors across all of Google.
  • As part of this role, I run two of the largest mobile release programs in the world -- the Google Play Store APK and the Google Play Services APK -- that update on O(billion) devices regularly.
  • Previous roles at Google:
  • (2 yr) TPM Lead for Firebase
  • (2 yr) TPM Lead for Google Play Books
User ExperiencePersonalizationSearch RankingApp DistributionMobile Release ProgramsTechnical Program Management+1

Lyve minds, inc.

Director of Software Engineering

Dec 2012 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Built client engineering teams (Client C++ SDK, Mobile Apps, Desktop Apps) of 30+ from ground zero, established the core technical architecture of the product and acquired multiple patents, and led the charge in creation of the Lyve V1 solution. Company was acquired by Seagate.
C++Mobile AppsDesktop AppsTechnical ArchitecturePatentsSoftware Engineering+1

Lab126

Senior Engineering Manager

May 2012 – Dec 2012 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Fire Phone.

Netflix

Senior Engineering Manager

Jun 2010 – May 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Led development and launch of the Netflix App for Android on Google Play and subsequently for Kindle Fire, B&N Nook, international (Canada, Latin America, UK), and Facebook integration.
AndroidApp DevelopmentIntegrationMobile ApplicationsSoftware Engineering

Tivo

Senior Engineering Manager

Jul 2006 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Led platform and middleware software teams to bring the TiVo Experience to Virgin Media and Comcast.
Platform SoftwareMiddlewareSoftware EngineeringTechnical Leadership

Gr3 technologies

Security Consultant

Jan 2003 – Sep 2005 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Security hired gun. Numerous part time projects while in grad school.
Security

Pmc-sierra

Software Design Engineer

Apr 2000 – Dec 2002 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Education

The University of British Columbia

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

Simon Fraser University

Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) — Computer Engineering

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