Easton Technology Management Center

Todd Holloway currently leads consumer data science for Nike.  Prior to Nike, he led content science for Netflix, and before that he led data science for Trulia (acquired by Zillow).  He also practiced data science at shopping search engine TheFind (acquired by Facebook), drug discovery company Ingenuity Systems (acquired by Qiagen), and AT&T Applied Research.  He lectures on topics in data science at UC Berkeley and UCLA.

Matthew Conroy has more than a decade of experience as a Product Management leader at Google, Stripe, and now Warner Music Group. At Google, he drove vision, strategy and execution for large, global teams responsible for multi-billion dollar businesses like AdSense and Google Payments as well as popular consumer products like Google Fit. Matthew then moved on to become Stripe's Head of Product in EMEA, focused on growing the GDP of the internet. Prior to his career in technology, Matthew conducted research with the International Futures Program at the OECD in Paris, France. In addition to his formal responsibilities, he has significant experience mentoring, advising, and investing in startups.
He currently holds the role of Vice President, Product Management at Warner Music Group. At Warner, one of the world's largest record labels, Matthew is helping artists, songwriters, and producers use technology to further unlock their creativity and reach their fans, old and new.
Matt holds an A.B. from Harvard University and an M.Sc. from the University of Oxford. He currently lives in London with his wife.

Ying Zhou currently works as a Sr. Product Manager in the Uber Marketplace team, helping earners in cities around the world improve their earning opportunities while ensuring the balanced growth of the marketplace. Prior to Uber, she worked in Amazon Music's Machine Learning team, helping Amazon Music's 80 million customers discover content they love based on their personal preferences. Prior to that, Ying worked in a growth stage Voice AI startup, where she established its flagship product line, and built the company's international business from scratch to 50% of the company's total revenue. Prior to becoming a product manager, she was a Lean Six Sigma evangelist in the oil and gas industry.

Arun Rao is a Sr. Product Manager at Facebook's Core ML team, helping build AI & machine learning systems to serve 2.7 billion people. He is immersed in applying machine learning to user problems, implementing recommenders, and managing cross-functional teams that generated 70% of Facebook's revenue growth in the last 5 years. Previously, Arun was a Sr. Product Manager at Amazon Music's ML group, helping build a personalization and machine learning system for 80 million customers. Prior to that, he was a co-founder and CEO of Starbutter AI, a virtual assistant company (next-generation financial product aggregator) to help consumers pick financial products like credit cards, mortgages, and insurance.

Dinkar most recently worked at Meta, where he was Head of Artificial Intelligence for Ads and Director of Product Management. In this capacity he led a group of ~60 product managers and ~600 AI engineers that managed Meta’s global machine learning systems and algorithms, the ads targeting and delivery engine, and Meta’s efforts in Responsible AI. Under Dinkar’s leadership, Meta revenues saw a 5x increase from 2016 to 2021 and Meta made several strides forward in the areas of social responsibility and privacy. Dinkar has previously worked at Google (Alphabet), Twitter, Amazon and the Boston Consulting Group.

Dinkar holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSE from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He also attended the University of Iowa’s writer’s workshop in poetry. He has spoken at several conferences around the world and advised venture firms and startups on topics related to Artificial Intelligence. He has lived and worked in 12 major cities across 3 continents.

Brad Null is the Chief Analytics Officer for GreyscaleAI, an AI in Manufacturing startup, overseeing their enterprise-wide data and analytics strategy. Prior to that he was the Chief Scientist and head of the Data Science team at Customer Experience Management company Reputation. Brad also founded Voodoo Sports, a sports technology startup, was the head of analytics for the Golden Baseball League, and wrote his PhD thesis at Stanford University on "Stochastic Modeling and Optimization in Baseball." He has also worked with and advised various companies in the sports, tech, advertising, marketing, and finance industries.