35 min
Episode #5: Follow Your Curiosity (Shalini Govil-Pai, VP @ Google) The Unconventional Podcast
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- Society & Culture
Shalini GovilPai is the VP and GM of TV Platforms at Google overseeing product, design and engineering teams for Android TV OS and Google TV. Prior to Google, Shalini was Technical Director at Pixar Animation, where she led efforts for some of the first computer animated blockbusters such as ‘Toy Story’ and ‘A Bug’s Life’. She has a BS and MS in Computer Science, and conferred Distinguished Alumni from her alma mater, IIT.
In her career, Shalini has worked as an engineer, a product manager, an operations expert, an evangelist for YouTube creators, and also a Bollywood performer. In this conversation, we dig deeper into why she has taken an unconventional path and what factors have contributed to her success.
Links from the show:
Shalini's book recommendation: https://tinyurl.com/2mk2jrjk
Girish's book recommendation: https://tinyurl.com/8k9mx6t4
Gaurav's book recommendation: https://tinyurl.com/yzyjzjpf (also a mandatory read at Facebook)
Shalini GovilPai is the VP and GM of TV Platforms at Google overseeing product, design and engineering teams for Android TV OS and Google TV. Prior to Google, Shalini was Technical Director at Pixar Animation, where she led efforts for some of the first computer animated blockbusters such as ‘Toy Story’ and ‘A Bug’s Life’. She has a BS and MS in Computer Science, and conferred Distinguished Alumni from her alma mater, IIT.
In her career, Shalini has worked as an engineer, a product manager, an operations expert, an evangelist for YouTube creators, and also a Bollywood performer. In this conversation, we dig deeper into why she has taken an unconventional path and what factors have contributed to her success.
Links from the show:
Shalini's book recommendation: https://tinyurl.com/2mk2jrjk
Girish's book recommendation: https://tinyurl.com/8k9mx6t4
Gaurav's book recommendation: https://tinyurl.com/yzyjzjpf (also a mandatory read at Facebook)
35 min