Shiva Shivakumar is an entrepreneur that worked for

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between 2001 and 2010. He was a Vice President of Engineeering and Distinguished Entrepreneur, helped build Google's R&D centers at Seattle-Kirkland, Zurich, and Bangalore; he and his teams launched

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and other key products. Before he joined Google in its early days, he obtained his PhD in Computer Science from

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. His advisor was Prof.

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. Before Google, he cofounded Gigabeat.com, an online music startup acquired by Napster.Napster Dances To A New Gigabeat
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References

Shivakumar's keynote at Google Developer Day, Beijing June '07

External links

Shivakumar's personal webpage
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