Payal Patel

Payal Patel is a seasoned professional with a strong background in product management and embedded software engineering. Patel's career began at John Deere as an Embedded Software Engineer from May 2004 to November 2005, followed by a similar role at Northrop Grumman Corporation until July 2009. After completing an MBA at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management in 2011, Patel joined Google, where responsibilities have included leading product management teams for Search GenAI and overseeing key projects in various areas such as user-generated content and civics. Currently, Patel holds the position of Director of Product Management at Google. Additionally, Patel earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.