Shaun Bennett

About Shaun Bennett

Repeated success driving ground-breaking v1 software releases & startups in a leadership capacity.LEAD ROLE ON SEMINAL RELEASES. Leadership role in launching innovative new consumer services (MSN v1.0, HealthVault, DataSphere, MSN Shopping Europe, Microsoft Office Mobile) and enterprise server products (Site Server, SharePoint).PERFORMANCE ACROSS INDUSTRIES & ROLES. Recognized strengths driving product vision, building high-performing technical teams, engineering planning, defining requirements & design, and leading cross-team implementation, release and support.SUCCESS ACROSS SENIORITY LEVELS. Span of control has extended from individual contributor to founder & manager of 40+ HC teams.LARGE-SCALE AGILE REENGINEERING EXPERTISE. Proven success in evolving global engineering organizations through targeted deployment of modern engineering tools & methodologies (e.g. Agile, TDD, automation).

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager, Google Trust & Safety

   Google

   Jul 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Generative AI enables broad, powerful new functionality for users, but also represents vast new potential risks to users globally. To ensure the responsible and rapid release of new Google AI models and applications, I drive the definition, deployment and enforcement of Trust & Safety launch governance programs across Google product areas covering O(thousands) launches from product organizations representing over 50k FTE.

Education

• University of Waterloo

  Bachelor's degree, Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical & Computer Engineering

  1987 — 1991

• University of Waterloo

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical & Computer Engineering

  1987 — 1991

• Wilfrid Laurier University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

  1991 — 1992

• CEGEP - John Abbott College

  DEC, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

  1984 — 1987

• Wilfrid Laurier University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, International Business

Skills

• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Web Applications
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Saas
• Software Engineering
• Visual Studio
• Agile Methodologies
• C#
• .net
• Management
• Distributed Systems
• Business Analysis
• E-Commerce
• Mobile Applications
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Web Services
• Project Management
• Sdlc
• Sql
• Integration
• Software Design
• French
• Start-Ups
• Business Intelligence
• Mobile Devices
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Sharepoint
• Enterprise Software
• Software Project Management