Education
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Phd, Computer Science 1982-09-01 - 1990-05-01University of Massachusetts Lowell
PhD, Computer Science 1982-01-01 - 1990-01-01Work Experience
Ink.ai
Current
Ink.ai
Ray
Current
Ray
Tamr
Current
Tamr
Dialpad
Current
Dialpad
2005-07-01 - 2025-06-01
Recorded Future
2009-01-01 - 2019-07-01
Recorded Future
LevelUp
2009-09-01 - 2018-09-01
LevelUp
GV (Google Ventures)
2009-01-01 - 2016-09-01
GV (Google Ventures)
Android, Inc
2004-12-01 - 2005-07-01
Android, Inc
Orange
2000-04-01 - 2005-04-01
Orange
Skills
Summary
I have been building and investing in innovative startups for over 30 years. I joined Google with the acquisition of my startup company Android, which we built into the worlds most popular operating system. At Google I helped lead android development, helped create and grow our venture fund (GV) & I am currently building innovative products. Before Google I helped build the worlds first voice based personal assistant as co-founder of Wildfire Communications. We sold Wildfire to Orange where I was a VP of innovation and also started Orange Venture's - a corporate fund focused on communications and life style related investments. I have a doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Mass at Lowell. Specialties: building, leading and motivating teams, delivering innovative products, raising money, architecture, telecommunications, speech recognition, user interfaces, internal and external communications, selling and closing deals, leading companies to successful exists