Jeffrey Bates

About Jeffrey Bates

Working at a small advertising agency post-college, I went on to co-found Slashdot.org, one of the most successful social media platforms, a website and community that permanently changed how online media operated. As co-founder of Slashdot, my role was to provide leadership for the business portion of Slashdot including serving in an executive role and generating advertising sales that culminated in the sale of Slashdot.Following the sale of Slashdot, I went on to lead a number of groups of developers over the course of the next ten years, managing projects as diverse as writing online advertising solutions; rewriting sites such as Slashdot.org, Freshmeat.net and SourceForge.net; as well as running the data center operations and the associated Network Operations Group.In 2009, I assumed the lead Product position, where I was responsible for the operations, development and running of several web sites in the Web\'s Top 100 list, with extensive experience in the strategic and tactical operations of each site. Over the past decade I have also had a high degree of media exposure and presentation experience to multiple audiences, ranging from media interviews to technical conferences to leading sessions with companies on engaging with social media and Open Source.After joining Google in 2011, I\'ve worked as Chief of Staff for the CIO for 5 years, worked for three years on Google Cloud and top customer technical partnerships. I\'ve launched engineering sites, such as Atlanta, Mexico City and continued growth in Bangalore. Staring in 2020, I\'ve been focused on AI for developers and road map around adoption, usage and value for our internal developer population. This work has spawned everything from application creation, integration throughout all of the internal development stack, as well as go to market adoption. Additionally, I have worked closely on deep partnerships with GCP, Google Deep Mind and other teams, with results that have been featured in Alphabet\'s earnings calls. Throughout my career, I\'ve been drawn to high stakes problems, using data and insight to solve complex problems, whether that be CTR rate for online advertising, negotiating networking peering for source distribution or AI tool adoption.Specialties: Network operation management, programming and development management, public speaking, website community, product evangelism, product development, social media, strategic relationships, GTM, documentation management

Experience

1. Senior Staff Product Operation Manager

   Google

   Apr 2017 — Present

   Extensive work around first party software development tools, F50 customers Engagement between 20••••20. Starting in 2020, focused around AI/ML development, leading the product operations program for moving TensorFlow/TPU from Google Research into eventually, Google Cloud Platform. Following that, extensive work on first party software development tools with AI.

Education

• Hope College

  BA, History, Biology

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Online Marketing
• Digital Media
• Strategic Partnerships
• Web Analytics
• Open Source
• Software Development
• New Media
• Google Docs
• Entrepreneurship
• Saas
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Linux
• SEO
• Classical Ballet
• Advertising
• Content Strategy
• Data Center
• Shoes
• Social Media
• Mobile Applications
• Product Evangelism
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Mobile Devices
• Analytics
• Product Development
• Horticulture
• Agile Methodologies
• Enterprise Software
• Start-Ups
• Management
• Product Marketing
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Cloud Computing
• Product Management
• Public Speaking
• Drinking
• Leadership
• Digital Marketing