Jaron Schaeffer

Jaron Schaeffer is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in the technology sector, currently serving as Engineering Director for Kids and Families at Google since September 2015, following a tenure as Engineering Director for Google TV and Google Play. Prior to this, Jaron held the position of Senior Engineering Manager at YouTube from September 2012 to August 2015 and worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Google from February 2009 to September 2012. Jaron founded Jayweb, an initiative that operated from August 2001 to December 2006. Jaron's academic background includes a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Bioinformatics from UNSW and a degree in Computer Science, Math, and Economics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.