Chris Harris

Chris Harris is a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Uber.1 Here are some key details about his background and career:

Professional Experience

Current Role:

• Senior Director of Software Engineering at Uber

Previous Roles:

• Director of Software Engineering at Google (May 2021 - Present)
  • Worked on making Google Assistant more helpful
• Director of Software Engineering at Google (January 2018 - May 2021)
  • Focused on applying Machine Learning to Robotics
• Director of Software Engineering at Google (April 2013 - December 2017)
  • Helped grow Google's Mobile App Ads business, including AdMob and Universal App Campaigns
• Director of Software Engineering at Google (November 2009 - March 2016)
  • Improved the quality of ads for Google's Display Ads products

Entrepreneurial Experience

• President of Inventure Global (April 2006 - March 2010)
• Founder of WebPRpro (January 2007 - November 2009)
• Founder of Mohomine (January 2000 - April 2003)
  • Developed text classification and information extraction algorithms
  • Company was acquired by Kofax in 2003
• Founder of Sourcebank (September 1998 - September 1999)
  • Created a niche search engine for programmers

Education

• B.S. in Computer Science from UC San Diego (1996 - 2000)

Personal Approach

Chris describes himself as someone who focuses on "asking better questions and identifying 'inner loops'".1 This suggests he has a strategic and analytical approach to problem-solving in his engineering leadership roles.