Product Director, Energy, Transportation, Resilience AI
Nov 2024 - Present
• 7 mosI lead a team of talented Product Managers at Google working on AI solutions for Energy, Transportation, and Resilience. My team got Google named Fast Company's World Changing Company of the Year for 2024.
A few highlights out of our >20 projects:
**Traffic Lights** - Helping cities optimize their traffic lights using AI to reduce stop-and-go traffic, which we’re doing with 13 cities globally, with early numbers showing potential for up to 30% reduction in stop and go traffic and up to 10% emissions savings at intersections (Project Green Light): https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-google-is-using-ai-to-reduce-traffic-and-emissions/ , https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/05/google-research-at-io-2023.html
**Wildfire Satellites**: Partnering to launch a constellation of satellites designed to detect a 5m x 5m wildfire anywhere on Earth, to enable fire authorities to rapidly respond. Using AI and current satellites to show wildfire boundaries on Google Maps: https://blog.google/technology/ai/inside-firesat-launch-muon-space/
**Contrails**: Helping reduce the >35% of aviation's warming that comes from contrails, which we've proven in the skies with American Airlines and Breakthrough Energy: https://www.fastcompany.com/90935599/how-google-is-using-ai-to-tackle-flyings-big-dirty-problem , https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2023/08/17/exp-ai-plane-emissions-juliet-rothenberg-intv-081711aseg2-cnni-business.cnn
**Flood Forecasting** - Increasing the forecasting lead-time by 7 days above state of the art, and bringing EU-quality forecasts to Africa (See our forecasts for >100 countries free at Google Flood Hub: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/flood-hub-ai-flood-forecasting-more-countries/)
Fast Company World Changing Company of the Year
Group Product Manager, Climate AI
Sep 2021 - Nov 2024
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Board of Advisors, Guest Lecturer, Mentor, Entrepreneurship Judge
Stanford, MIT, First Round Capital
2014 - Present
• 11 yrs 5 mos- Guest lecturer at various Stanford courses on innovation, entrepreneurship, and energy
- Stanford Technology Ventures Program Board of Advisors
- Stanford Mayfield Fellows Program Mentor
- MIT Climate & Energy Prize Mentor and Judge
- First Round Capital Fast Track Mentor
What Is It to Have A Superpower? | Stanford eCorner
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Lead of Enterprise Product Management
DeepMind
Apr 2018 - Sep 2021
• 3 yrs 6 mosI led a team of product managers at DeepMind that focused on enterprise applications of DeepMind's technology, spanning a variety of technologies and applications, including applied LLMs, industrial efficiency, renewables, and Document AI.
Jan 2016 - Apr 2018
• 2 yrs 4 mosI led the cross-company effort to launch Waymo's user-facing service, leading the service for its first year until I left Waymo for DeepMind.
I also led a team of ~30 engineers, designers, researchers, and marketers to build Waymo’s user experience (including in-car experience, Android, and iOS apps), focusing on AI explainability and user trust.
Waymo Launches Early Rider Program
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Product Manager, Special Projects
Google
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
• 4 mosI joined an early-stage team focused on incubating new companies using Alphabet's resources and capital to solve big, real world problems. The team's first launch was Sidewalk Labs, http://www.sidewalkinc.com
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Opower
Aug 2012 - Sep 2015
Product Manager
Feb 2013 - Sep 2015
• 2 yrs 8 mosLed the first major revamp of our core product, helped launch our demand response product, managed the full lifecycle for two multichannel products, and led the company's explorations into new business lines.
Product Business Development Manager
Aug 2012 - Feb 2013
• 7 mos![]()
Summer Associate - Energy & Clean Technology Practice
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
• 3 mos![]()
Legal Intern - Clean Energy
Tata Group
Jan 2011 - Jan 2011
• 1 mo![]()
Summer Policy Analyst
U.S. Department of Energy
Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
• 2 mos![]()
Business Development Intern
BioFuelBox
Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
• 3 mos![]()
Operations Intern
Bloom Energy
Jun 2007 - Aug 2007
• 3 mosJul 2005 - Sep 2006
• 1 yr 3 mosCoached families visiting Sun Valley and executives from annual Allen & Company retreat