Speakers
Brian Delaney
Software Engineer (Payments)
Brian Delaney is a software engineer on the Google payments platform vendor integrations team. He's been in the industry for 18 years and with Google for the last 3 years. Outside of work, he enjoys fitness, skiing, and hiking.
Mike Procopio
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Finance)
Mike Procopio is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google. He’s passionate about using machine intelligence to create impact for good. Mike holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, where he studied Machine Learning and Autonomous Robot Navigation. When not working on ML-like things, Mike can be found running along the trails near his home in Boulder, Colorado. More info at www.mikeprocopio.com
Scott Green
Site Director (Payments)
Scott is Google Boulder's Engineering Site Director and an Engineering Director on Payments. The Boulder office has product development teams, Google Technical Services teams and People Operations teams. The office develops software for Advanced Measurement Technologies, Chrome OS, Geo, Google Drive, Search and Payments. Scott was VP of Engineering for SketchUp, which was acquired by Google in 2006. Scott graduated from Iowa State University in 1982 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
Mike Colagrosso
Software Engineer (Apps Drive)
Mike Colagrosso is a Staff Software Engineer at Google, where he has worked for 7 years. His current role applies Google's machine learning magic to Google Drive, including Quick Access, which shaves 50 percent off the time it takes to open a file. Mike researched and taught machine learning as a professor at the Colorado School of Mines. Rock climbing is his hobby, and he also likes to take his family camping and snowboarding.
John Day-Richter
Senior Staff Engineer
I'm from the U.S. Virgin Islands originally, but I've been working at Google Boulder for 11 years now, with stints on Google Docs, Drive, Developer Tools, and Shopping. Today I manage a team in top-secret Ads research. In my spare time I write comedy (including the last Google Boulder musical) and perform improv and musical theater.
Alana Lin
Frontend Software Engineer
Alana is a many-generation Colorado native that went across the country to Georgia Tech to learn that Computer Science was a thing and that happened to be the thing that Google did. Now she is on the wonderful Enterprise Content Management team and happy to be improving upon and updating the tools big companies need to be efficient. In Alana's free time she plays soccer, care for and draw her tens of plants, and try to tame her handsome beast of chaos and cuddles.
Caroline Thompson
Electrical Engineer - Pixel Hardware
Caroline is an electrical engineer on the Pixel Hardware Team. Her job entails circuit design and analysis, hands-on lab work, and trips to Asia to support Pixel manufacturing. In her spare time, she enjoys beach volleyball, softball, and swing and salsa dancing.
Sylvester Willis
Software Engineer
Sylvester joined Google in 2016 from Atlanta, GA and have been working as a developer on the Drive Web team since joining. His hobbies include video gaming, watching TV and reading.
Mike Howell
Software Engineer / Tech Lead
Mike is the Tech Lead for a team of engineers working to verify the identity of individuals and organizations using Google products when required: for regulatory compliance; to prevent abuse; to combat misinformation. Previously, Mike improved worldwide credit card system reliability and cardholder experiences @ Google and has been in the Denver/Boulder area focusing on customer / payments software solutions for the 20 years prior. Mike has a Computer Science Engineering degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, has two children attending college and enjoys traveling with family and friends at every chance.
Kate McKone
Program Manager, Hardware Sales & Ops Planning
Kate created her first project plan at age 10 and that (many years of schooling later) launched her into Hardware Planning and Fulfillment Program Management! She is deeply passionate about Supply Chain automation, believes cohesive teams are the key to successful projects, and she is often accompanied by a small (slightly grumpy) dog.
Steve Dieter
Area Tech Lead for Google's Street View Platform
Steve has been at Google for over 12 years, and has worked on a variety of consumer-facing products including Google Wallet, Google Pay (formerly Android Pay), and Google Play gift cards. Now he's working on the next generation of Google Street View to bring the power of maps (making, sharing, and exploring) to everyone, everywhere.
Stuart Fehr
Tech Lead for Street View Apps
Stuart has worked at Google for over seven years in multiple products: Payments, Search, and now Street View. His experience at Google has spanned backend Java server systems as well as frontend and mobile apps.