10 Google operations leaders
A COO for Quantum AI, a chief of staff for Chrome and a vice president of revenue operations for Global SMB show how varied the work is among these Google operations leaders, who also include chief operating officers for EMEA and the UK and directors of engineering, product and business operations. All ten hold current Google roles. A good fit if you are defining what a COO or chief of staff should own inside a product, research or regional unit.
Professionals to explore
Charina Chou
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer, Quantum AI · Google
Charina Chou has been Chief Operating Officer, Quantum AI at Google since September 2022. Charina was Global Policy Lead for Emerging Technologies (2017-2022) and Executive Communications Lead (2014-2017) at Google, and a White House Fellow at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2013-2014), a fit for questions on the COO role at Quantum AI and on emerging technology policy.
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Dalton Browne
LinkedInExperience: Director of Business Operations · Google
Dalton Browne's operations roles at Google include Director of Business Operations since July 2023, Director of Business Operations APAC Lead in Taipei (2022-2023), Director PDI Ops APAC Lead (2020-2022) and Director Product Data Intelligence Ops (2016-2019). Dalton was Head of Product Cost at Nest Labs (2014-2016), useful for questions on product cost and APAC operations.
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Ellaine Gillam
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer Google · Google
As COO for Google Cloud UK, Ellaine Gillam has held the title Chief Operating Officer Google since August 2024, responsible for the development and execution of the strategic vision and for overseeing the daily operations of the business. Ellaine was UK Lead Strategic Procurement at Google (2021-2024) and Lead Bid Management at Babcock International Group (2018-2021), adding procurement and bid work to the COO view.
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Ines Cavaco
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, EMEA Business Strategy & Operations (Go To Market) · Google
Go-to-market operations across EMEA have been Ines Cavaco's work at Google: Managing Director, EMEA Business Strategy & Operations (Go To Market) since 2024, Director of the same team (2022-2024), Head of Strategic Projects & Planning, EMEA Business Strategy & Operations (2019-2022) and Sales Strategy Manager there (2016-2019). Ines fits questions on sales planning and strategy operations in EMEA.
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Koushik Chandrashekar
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering Operations · Google
From Ireland, Koushik Chandrashekar has been Senior Director of Engineering Operations at Google since November 2020, after Director of Engineering Operations in Dublin (2016-2020) and Head of Program Management (2012-2016). Koushik also held Digital Content & Commerce Partner Operations Manager (International Markets) (2011-2012) and Global Process Excellence Manager (2009-2011), a fit for engineering operations questions.
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Maggi Oberson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Product Operations, & PMO Google Cloud · Google
Product operations for Google Cloud are Maggi Oberson's area as Senior Director, Product Operations, & PMO Google Cloud at Google since January 2022, after Director, Program Management, Google Shopping (2020-2021). Maggi was also Senior Director, Business Operations & Program Management at PayPal (2018-2019) and Head of Systems Portfolio Management, Google for Work (2015-2016), so Maggi can compare product operations and program management at Google and PayPal.
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Marc Waters
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer EMEA · Google
Marc Waters has been Chief Operating Officer EMEA at Google in London since June 2026, describing it on day one as COO of Google Cloud EMEA. At Hewlett Packard Enterprise Marc was SVP Customers, Services, Integrators (2022-2026), SVP HPC & AI EMEA (2019-2022) and Managing Director UK, Ireland, Middle East & Africa (2019-2023), which suits questions on regional leadership at Google Cloud and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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Margarita Bradley
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Operations, Global SMB · Google
Revenue strategy for Global SMB has been Margarita Bradley's line at Google as Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Operations, Global SMB since November 2023. Earlier Global SMB roles were Managing Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (2022-2023), Managing Director, Revenue Programs Strategy & Operations (2021-2022) and Director, Central Strategy & Operations (2018-2021), after Sr Director, CFO eBay Advertising at eBay (2016-2018), so Margarita suits revenue operations questions with a finance lens.
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Mona Gohil
LinkedInExperience: VP, Program Management, Product Ops, Chief of Staff · Google
Establishing and running program management offices, chief of staff work and portfolio management are among Mona Gohil's specialties. At Google, Mona has held VP, Program Management, Product Ops, Chief of Staff since 2023, and Senior Director, Program Management & Chief of Staff (since 2018) and Chief of Staff & Strategy & Operations, Developer Product Group (since 2012) appear with no end dates.
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Stephanie Dupuy
LinkedInExperience: Director, Program Management, Product Ops & Chief of Staff, Chrome · Google
For Chrome, Stephanie Dupuy leads the business operations, technical program management and go-to-market strategy teams, as Director, Program Management, Product Ops & Chief of Staff, Chrome at Google since 2023. Stephanie was Director, Strategy & Product Operations, Corporate Engineering (2019-2023) and Head of Strategy & Operations, Office of the CHRO (2018-2019), a fit for product operations and chief of staff questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For the COO job itself, Charina Chou holds the Quantum AI seat, while Marc Waters and Ellaine Gillam hold regional Google Cloud COO roles. Margarita Bradley and Ines Cavaco hold the revenue and go-to-market strategy and operations titles. For product and engineering operations, pick Mona Gohil, Stephanie Dupuy or Maggi Oberson for program management and chief of staff work, Koushik Chandrashekar for engineering operations, or Dalton Browne for business operations with an APAC stint.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What does a COO own in a unit like Quantum AI, compared with a COO for a regional cloud sales business?
- 02How do product operations, program management and chief of staff roles divide work on a product like Chrome?
- 03How are revenue strategy and operations teams for small business customers set up differently from those for enterprise accounts?
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