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10 Google operations directors
These ten current and former Google operations directors have held director-level operations roles at Google. A reader can learn how operations directors work at Google from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anish George
LinkedInExperience: Director, Operations · Google
Director, Operations at Google since September 2026, in a role the profile places in Mountain View. Anish George also lists current Google roles as Head of Launch Management, Analytics, and StratOps (Platform & Devices Ops) since 2024 and Head of Business Operations & Partnerships (Device & Services Supply Chain) since 2020, and was Senior Manager, Device & Services Supply Chain Operations at Google (2017–2020).
Christopher Spain
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Operations and Strategy - Consumer Hardware · Google
Sr. Director, Operations and Strategy - Consumer Hardware at Google since April 2022; the profile says Christopher Spain leads Google's Transformation and Strategic Initiatives team for Consumer Hardware. Christopher Spain also lists Director, Operations and Strategy - Consumer Hardware at Google from 2019, and was Director Acquisition Integration (2016–2019) and Director Product Operations EMEAR (2014–2016) at Cisco.
Dr. Nicole K. Henley
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director | Global Server Operations · Google
Executive Director | Global Server Operations at Google since October 2024, based in Reston, Virginia. At Google Nicole Henley was also Northeast Regional Leader (2023–2024), Metro Operations Leader (Virginia) (2021–2023) and Server Operations Manager (2018–2021), and was Vice President - Information Security Officer & Data Center Manager at Emprise Bank (2016–2018).
Jigyasa Saxena
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Vendor Operations · Google
Head of Global Vendor Operations at Google from April 2018 to May 2026; Jigyasa Saxena has held the title Director at Google since May 2026, with a headline naming Global Scaled Operations. Jigyasa Saxena was also Senior Program Manager at Google (2016–2018) and Data Solutions Delivery Lead at Novartis (2013–2016).
Michael Gadish
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations & Cheif of Staff for Google Silicon Supply Chain Operations · Google
Director of Operations & Cheif of Staff for Google Silicon Supply Chain Operations at Google since November 2022, based in San Jose. Michael Gadish also lists Director of Strategy Management and Execution at Google from 2022 and Manager of Hardware Operations Strategy & Transformation at Google from 2018, and was Device and Services Strategy and Product Development Process Sr. Manager at Google (2019–2022).
Ruchira Saha
LinkedInExperience: Director, Strategy & Operations, Users & Products · Google
Director, Strategy & Operations, Users & Products at Google since April 2023, based in New York. At Google Ruchira Saha was also Head of Strategy & Operations, Devices & Services Business Development, Enterprise and Central (2022–2023) and Head of Strategy & Operations, GCAS Global Advertisers (2015–2022), and was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company (2011–2014).
Sean D'Souza
LinkedInExperience: Global Director of Operations, Legal · Google
Global Director of Operations, Legal at Google since January 2021; the profile says Sean D'Souza is Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and leads strategic planning and operations management for the Legal department. At Google Sean D'Souza was also Head of Product Operations, Geo (2019–2021), Head of Cloud Support Product (2015–2019) and Head of Planning & Process Optimization, Google Cloud (2013–2015).
Sheila K. Hurtt
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations, Google-Raxium · Google
Director of Operations, Google-Raxium at Google since October 2024; the profile says Sheila Hurtt is the operations leader for Raxium at Google, leading a team that is scaling fabrication. At Google Sheila Hurtt was also Director, Epitaxy Engineering (2022–2024), and was VP Epitaxy at Raxium (2017–2022).
Steven Harrison
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Google
Director Of Operations at Google since January 2019, based in London, in a role the profile lists in the Operations department at director level. Steven Harrison was also Business Strategy Specialist at Google DeepMind (2016–2019) and Principal at Index Ventures (2014–2016).
Wayne Ravenscroft
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Operations, gTech Users & Products · Google
Senior Director, Operations, gTech Users & Products at Google since November 2024. At Google Wayne Ravenscroft was also Director, Scaled Operations, gTech Users & Product (2021–2024), Head, Scaled Operations - Hardware, G1, Comms, Photos & Cloud, gTech Users & Product (2018–2021) and Head of 1 1 Care - Philippines Consumer Operations (2018).
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Match the person's operations area, such as hardware, server operations, scaled support or strategy and operations, to the question you are working on. Check each person's dates so you know which period of Google's operations they can speak to.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an operations director at a large technology company decide which processes to scale first?
- 02What does a director of operations at Google own day to day, and what sits with partner teams?
- 03How do operations directors at large companies measure whether a team is working well?
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