Steven Kan is the Chief of Staff and Head of Operations for Google Cloud AI. He is responsible for managing the overall operations of Cloud AI and ensuring the Cloud AI team have the resources and organization to create amazing AI products for customers who want to transform their businesses with AI.  

Previously, Kan was Google’s head of Android, Virtual Reality, and IoT New Business Development. He was responsible for enabling and scaling new hardware and software products and technologies through global partnerships.  Kan joined Google in 2011 and helped launch and grow Google Drive, Chrome OS, and On Hub, key consumer products which are now used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In 2014 he took over new business development responsibilities for Android, IoT, and VR.  Before joining Google, Kan was Vice President of Business Operations at Apture (acquired by Google).

Prior to Apture, he was with venture firms Clearstone and Redpoint where he helped incubate multiple companies including the online video technology company Nokeena Networks (acquired by Juniper). Kan began in online media at Overture (acquired by Yahoo) where he helped start and grow the contextual advertising business to a $100 million run rate.  

Kan studied Applied Physics at Yale and has an MBA from UCLA Anderson where he was Venture Fellow. He lives in Northern California and can be found sailing the Bay or skiing in Lake Tahoe with his wife and two children.