Technology Leader, Innovator and Angel Investor
Director, Sound Research (Frontier AI) @ Google DeepMind
I lead a distributed team focused on pushing the boundaries of multimodal understanding and generation across audio, speech, and music. Our core research includes audio-visual editing, source separation, spatial audio, sound understanding, and working with foundation models.
Prior to joining Google in 2022, I spent over 13 years at Dolby Laboratories, where I founded and led the Audio AI Research team. There we developed state-of-the-art speech compression and created novel voice conversion techniques by combining our Deep Learning expertise, audio experience, and understanding of human perception. My earlier work at Dolby included leading the development of core codecs (Dolby Digital Plus & Dolby TrueHD and enabling immersive audio experiences via Dolby Atmos.
Angel Investor
I invest and help with strategy development for early-stage ventures. Engaging with visionary entrepreneurs has helped me understand developments and breakthroughs across industries.
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