Zhenyu Liu

Zhenyu "Vic" Liu is currently a Tech Lead and Manager at Google, where they build user profiles for various ads products while prioritizing end user privacy. Their previous role as Engineering Lead at Thumbtack involved enhancing trust and safety measures in the online local services marketplace and managing a fast-growing Data Science team. Zhenyu began their career at Google as a Software Engineer, later leading teams in Display Ads and Payments before rejoining as a Tech Lead and Manager. They earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA, where they also worked as a Graduate Student Researcher focusing on text search and mining.