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now 2018-
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recent 2016-2017
Vint Cert with me at PlanGrid, 2017 Construction Graph Press Highlights |
previous 2013-2016
Routers by Google, 2015-6 Revolutionize Access Points Democratizing Rich Content Press Highlights |
bygone 2011-2013
Fast Big Data The team invested in and scaled the superheroic JavaScript framework that took over web development and is used by numerous Fortune 1000 companies. HTML is great for declaring static documents, but it falters when engineers try to use it for declaring dynamic views in web-applications. AngularJS allowed engineers to extend HTML vocabulary for their application. [more] Selling and Insight Platforms Danish Technology Magazine Interview, 2011 Google Feedback Press Highlights |
ancient 2006-2011
Engineering Productivity & Systems Selling $1B idea to SFO audience 2010 Pretotyping Accessibility + i18n Press Highlights |
jurassic 1995-2006
In Redmond with Bill Gates and the team, circa 2004
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ramblings Accolades and Awards
Speaking and Writing Crisis and Alert Systems Flu Trends v2 Elections and Politics |
beginnings I started loving software on a field trip to the Stanford Computer Lab in 3rd grade. I played with a chemistry simulator for hours and the teacher had to drag me away. I was leaning toward medicine in college but always programmed for fun and even sold a few games for date and beer money. About half way through undergrad at the University of Arizona, I took a computer science elective that made me excited about software again - maybe even as a "career". I jumped into writing compilers and operating systems. A difficult discussion with my dad (who was a heart surgeon) followed where I told him that I wasn't interested in being a doctor. He supported me, but was concerned, "how are you going to make a living in software?" In grad school at the University of Southern California I studied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and emerging "web software". My first real job (other than delivering pizza in high school) was at a little place called Microsoft in Redmond where they were paying me to do exactly what I wanted to do. I stayed there for over 11 years and became a Senior Engineering Director. When the paradigm shifts toward the web and cloud was underway, I moved to Google and have been there since 2006. DNA: Paternal R-U152, Maternal H3. |
interests I enjoy working on things that customers love, value, and use everyday. My passion is developing great ideas with smart people, and delivering thought-leading, massive scale products that improve people's lives. I've lead small innovation incubation, large scale systems projects, and company wide initiatives. I've worked on hardware, operating systems, infrastructure, data systems, algorithms, tools, and consumer facing products. I've managed multidiscipline teams ranging in size from tiny to huge and across distributed locations. I've been very lucky to have worked with some of the best folks in the industry. Drawing: "A watched pot", 2016 Artwork Moon, 11/12/2013, 7:21pm in Arizona Astrophotography |