| @brianaxe | |
| Birthplace | San Bernardino |
| Birthdate | 1969 |
| Stanford, M.S. Engineering | 1995 |
| UCLA, B.S. Engineering | 1992 |
Brian has a passion for building technology and now helps technology startups go from concept to first revenues.
Brian launched the AdSense for Content business in 2003 and grew it to a multibillion dollar product line. Then he worked in the Google Apps group (2008-2010) focused on Google’s photo products (Picasa, PicasaWeb, Google+, etc). Brian authored over a dozen patents, championed acquisitions of Applied Semantics, Feedburner, Picnik, and Performics and served as the product lead for the $3B DoubleClick integration.
Prior to joining Google, Brian founded Zaplet (now MetricStream), a Kleiner Perkins, Vinod Khosla start-up bringing email based applications to market. He led product management for GolfWeb (now the golf section of CBS Sports), and previously held product positions at HP, and IBM. Brian hold a B.S. from UCLA and a M.S. from Stanford.
