In Google Russia, the new head of the development center

Google has announced the appointment of Jennifer Trelevich as director of the Google development center in Russia. In this position, she will replace Sergei Burkov, who organized the work of the Moscow center more than a year ago. Jennifer will oversee global projects implemented by Russian engineers, as well as developments for the local market.



Prior to joining Google, Ms. Trelevich served as director of the IBM Systems and Technologies Laboratory in Russia, which she created from scratch. Under her leadership, the staff of the laboratory increased to 130 people. Jennifer Trelevich is an expert in algorithms, databases and Internet technologies.



“My paternal grandfather was born in Russia. He left here before the revolution. I don’t know the details, I only know that his family was engaged in agriculture, ” tells Jennifer about himself . - I started to work at Motorola, I was creating products for processing speech signals. Received a doctorate degree from the University of Arizona, a thesis topic “Coding and Detection for Multidimensional Digital Data Storage Systems”. Received a master's degree in mathematics and a master's in signal processing, as well as a bachelor's degree in computer engineering and mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. In 2003 she was trained in the Micro MBA program at the IBM TJWatson Research Center. In 2002 she became a member of the IBM Technological Academy. She worked at IBM headquarters and, prior to that, as research manager at the IBM Almaden Research Center, manager of IBM’s research activities in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. ”



“We are very pleased to welcome Jennifer to our team and look forward to working together on important projects designed for users all over the world,” said Nelson Mattos, new vice president of Google for development in Europe, Africa and the Middle East ( Nelson Mattos). - Her experience in project management and knowledge of computer science can not be overestimated. These qualities are indispensable in developing advanced products for users and advertisers in Russia and around the world. ”

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“I am very happy to get started at Google. I like this company's commitment to technical excellence and innovation, ”says Jennifer Trelewicz. “I’m sure that work on global and local Russian projects will be exciting and intense.”



Sergey Burkov will continue to lead the Google Development Center in Moscow until the full transfer of cases and assuming office, Jennifer Trelevich ,. after which he will continue to work for Google, where he will continue to work on projects for the Russian and global markets.