Charlotte Tao

CTO

San Francisco, California, United States13 yrs 4 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Led global AI organization for enterprise solutions.
Built enterprise automation platform with patented AI.
Managed product for autonomous driving safety.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven enterprise solutions with a strong focus on product management and innovation.

Contact

charlotte.t@turing.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)LeadershipProduct VisionProduct ManagementData SciencePredictive Analytics

Other Skills

Large Language Models (LLM)Stakeholder ManagementCustomer SuccessEnterprise ArchitectureGenerative AIEnterprise SoftwareRisk ManagementGo-to-Market StrategyAutonomous VehiclesComputer VisionGeological MappingMachine LearningData ModelingQuality AssuranceVenture Capital

About

At Turing, I work with frontier AI labs to build the data engines behind the next generation of models. My career focus has always been the same: turning complex technical problems into clear strategy, aligned teams, and shipped products. If you are building AI with a high bar for quality and real-world impact, let’s connect.

Experience

13 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

4 mos

Current Experience

Turing

Senior Director of Engineering

Feb 2026 – Present · 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Delivering data to improve language models for frontier AI labs, focused on STEM and reasoning problems.

LeadershipLarge Language Models (LLM)Data ScienceArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Menlo ventures

Fellow

Jan 2025 – Aug 2025 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Gruve inc.

Chief Data Scientist, Head of AI

Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

I was brought in to build and lead Gruve’s global enterprise AI organization from the ground up, after Gruve acquired my startup, Trusli.
Built a global AI organization to deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions across the US and APAC (Singapore, India, Japan, and Korea).
Recruited and developed a world-class, cross-functional team across engineering, product, data, and GTM; hired and managed senior leaders in multiple regions.
Built strategic partnerships with leading AI providers, cloud vendors, and enterprise partners to accelerate AI adoption.
Drove enterprise AI adoption by aligning cutting-edge AI with real customer problems and delivering measurable business impact.

Stakeholder ManagementCustomer SuccessArtificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise ArchitectureGenerative AILeadership+5

Trusli

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer

Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Built an enterprise automation platform that used LLMs to automate contract review for in-house legal teams. Provided private AI (4 granted patents) to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure compliance for enterprise customers. Trusli was acquired by Gruve AI in 2024.
Founded and scaled the company from idea to acquisition, owning product vision, execution, and growth end-to-end
Worked directly with executive customers, partners, investors, and advisors to shape product direction

Stakeholder ManagementCustomer SuccessArtificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AILeadershipEnterprise Software+4

Lyft

Staff Product Manager, Level 5 Self-Driving Car Division

Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Acted as the lead Product Manager across multiple teams with 69 engineers and ML researchers, including Mapping, Perception, Localization, and Machine Learning Infrastructure, to ensure safe development and deployment of autonomous driving
Directly managed the entire data annotation tooling and services with both internal engineering teams and external vendors
Lyft Level 5 team was acquired by Toyota in 2021.

Stakeholder ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesComputer VisionGeological MappingProduct Management+1

Zoox

Product Manager

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Shipped the first virtual scenarios database at Zoox, enabling automated data sampling for simulation tests at scale
Program-managed oversea contractors to annotate driving data for scenario-based analyses
Collaborated with NHTSA’s former Administrator and NHTSA’s Data division to define safety policies and metrics
Started a data science team within six months and built the first suite of dashboards to improve rider experience
Zoox was acquired by Amazon in 2020.