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David Pitman

CEO, Co-Founder

Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 connection

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About

Previously- Technical lead for 50-person gen AI org @ Google focused on data analysis, Engineering lead for AI Safety/Responsible AI across all of Google Cloud, Coauthor of the O'Reilly book Explainable AI for Practitioners - 15+ years of experience in AI/ML, working as principal technical lead across 5-10 teams (50+ SWEs) at any given time, with twenty years of experience in software engineering & UX/UXR. MIT Alum and research scientist (Comp Sci, BS focus in AI, MEng focus in Human-AI interaction). Leadership • Started first tech innovation org at Fortune 50 financial giant, responsibilities included strategy, roadmap, working with VP and C-Level stakeholders and growing multiple teams.Products were rolled out to global workforce of 20k-60k+ employees • Headed multinational teams, including multi-day onsites with local customers around the globe • Serial entrepreneur- cofounder or first employee across multiple startups w/ multiple acquisitions • Co-organizer of Puget Sound Python (9.8k members) • >5 years of experience coaching athletes competing at the international level AI & Engineering • Uber TL (the TL above TLs) in generative AI for Google Cloud's Data & Analytics (BigQuer

Experience

AI Resident Expert (Mentor/Advisor)AI House
Mar 2025
AI AdvisorResponsible Innovation Labs
Feb 2025
AI & Startup AdvisorFoundations
Sep 2024
AI & LLM AdvisorTola Capital
Aug 2024
Engineering Lead for AI Agents in Google Cloud Data & AnalyticsGoogle
Oct 2023 to Jun 2024
uber-Technical Lead for Gen AI / ML @ Google CloudGoogle
Jul 2023 to Jun 2024
Engineering Lead & Manager - Vertex AIGoogle
Jun 2020 to Jul 2023
Engineering Lead for AI Safety & Responsible AI - Google CloudGoogle
Jan 2020 to Jan 2023
Technical Lead & Manager - Google Cloud ComputeGoogle
Jun 2019 to Jun 2020
Cofounder, CEO & Lead ML EngineerConverge
Dec 2014 to Dec 2019
Tech Executive [Consultant]AIG
Jan 2014 to Jan 2016
Innovation FellowFenix International
Oct 2013 to May 2015
CEO & Principle Partner for Tech & UX StrategyKytheram Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jun 2005 to Jan 2014
Research SpecialistMIT
Jan 2010 to Sep 2010
Graduate StudentMIT
Sep 2008 to Jan 2010
Co-Founder, CTOPaydici
Dec 2007 to Aug 2009
UI/UX Designer & UX EngineerXobni
Sep 2007 to Aug 2008

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Engineering - MEng EE & CS, concentration in Human-AI interaction & HCI
2008 to 2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science (AI concentration), Historical Architecture, Int'l Relations
2002 to 2006