Guillaume Vernade
Senior DevRel Engineer at Google Deepmind
Generative AI
Agile & Scrum
Continuous improvement
Facilitator
Video games
41 years old
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
I'm a highly accomplished and versatile leader with over 15 years of experience in project, product, and technical account management, now specializing in Generative AI. I excel at bridging the gap between technical and business domains, leading multidisciplinary teams through complex development cycles, and driving innovation from concept to market.
I'm an expert in agile methodologies, strategic decision-making, stakeholder management, and fostering cross-functional collaboration.
I'm passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology to solve intricate problems and deliver exceptional user experiences.
In the past, I had the amazing chance to work with really great people who helped me grow and improve my expertise on innovation, AI, agile and lean management.
If you believe that we would work great together and mutually enhance each other, feel free to contact me :)
I'm an expert in agile methodologies, strategic decision-making, stakeholder management, and fostering cross-functional collaboration.
I'm passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology to solve intricate problems and deliver exceptional user experiences.
In the past, I had the amazing chance to work with really great people who helped me grow and improve my expertise on innovation, AI, agile and lean management.
If you believe that we would work great together and mutually enhance each other, feel free to contact me :)
Senior Developer Relation Engineer
Google Deepmind
Since May 2024
- Empowered developers and startups to leverage Gemini AI through talks, workshops, and comprehensive code resources.
► Prepared and delivered high-impact workshops and talks on Gemini (Google for Startups, Google Developer Experts, DevFests, Cloud Next, IO Connect), significantly increasing developer engagement and adoption of Generative AI technologies.
► Managed the Early Access Program, strategically selecting and supporting top-tier startups, gathering crucial feedback to directly influence roadmap and features.
► Maintained and reorganized the Gemini Cookbook on GitHub, providing comprehensive code examples and didactic explanations that rapidly enabled developers to get started with Gemini, resulting in its recognition as the #1 trendy repo over the 2024 Christmas holidays.
Senior Technical Account Manager
Google Nest
January 2023
to May 2024
- Facilitated smart home developers' integration with Google Home and Matter, supporting business growth and advocating for partner needs.
► Successfully enabled smart home developers to integrate their products with Google Home and Matter integrations, contributing to the expansion of the smart home ecosystem.
► Supported Business Development with new initiatives, pitching new opportunities to a wide range of partners and driving strategic growth.
Senior Technical Account Manager
Google Stadia
April 2020
to January 2023
- Maintained the relationship with video game dev teams and helped them to release their games on Stadia.
► Spearheaded the successful launch of over 30 games in 2 years by meticulously maintaining strong relationships with video game development teams and guiding them through the Stadia release process.
► Managed and prioritized partner feature requests, effectively bridging the gap between external developers and internal product/engineering teams to drive platform improvements.
► Championed the "no-change porting initiative," enabling Windows games to be directly brought to Stadia, streamlining the development process.
Associate Producer
Ubisoft Québec
October 2018
to April 2020
Québec
Canada
- Leaded the gameplay team creating a new franchise: Immortals Fenyx Rising.
► Created and lead a multidisciplinary (15 roles from concept art to AI engineers) Team of about 70 persons in charge of the gameplay (fight, monsters, AI & progression). Made the hard decisions when needed.
► In charge of administrating production tools (Jira and other internal tools) and processes.
Production Manager / Scrum Master
Ubisoft Québec
October 2016
to October 2018
Québec
Canada
- As part of the management team, my responsibilities varied during the project but my 2 main feats were:
► Working on Assassin's Creed Odyssey as production manager of the quest support team (transversal team including programmers, technical directors, and dev-testers).
► In charge of the Project Stream version of AC Odyssey, the first game using this technology that became Stadia (managed both technical, infrastructure and quality aspects)
Digital Product Manager
AXA
January 2015
to July 2016
Paris
France
- Helped the regional entities of AXA in their digital projects.
► Staring with a "minimum viable product", built and tested with users quickly.
► Leading the transformation of those ideas into products following the Lean and Agile methodologies. As the "product owner", I was the interface between the business (in the entities and in the group) and the development team (in Barcelona).
I was particularly in charge of two projects:
► a mobile application called "Are you OK?" that looks after seniors and brings peace of mind to their families. ☛ https://www.axa.com/en/spotlight/story/innovating-for-the-elderly
► another application for Switzerland called "AXA Glass" which recently launched. ☛ https://www.axa.com/en/spotlight/story/start-in-how-to-innovate
Innovation product manager - New technologies division
Bouygues Telecom
August 2010
to December 2014
- Internal start-up developing proof of concepts of new products or services for the company. I was either the product owner, the product manager, the developer, the pitcher, only an advisory or all of that.
► During these 4 years, I worked on home automation, machine learning, data analysis, next-gen interfaces, IPTV, indoor geolocation, customer retention...
► I also helped in creating the Big Data lab of the company and registered two patents.
Consultant in the Company's strategy's department
RFF
September 2009
to June 2010
- Studied about the trends influencing rail freight versus road and the demography of SNCF, the french public rail company, and the impacts over the costs.
Computer science teacher in the Lycée Louis-Le-Grand
Education Nationale
September 2006
to 2009
- Teaching the basics of computer science to future top engineers (in Maple language)
Some of my subjects (in french) ☛ http://www.guillaume.vernade.fr/cours
Intensive training in management, leadership, finance, and entrepreneurship in an international class with top-level teachers.
Second in the computer science entrance exam.
During these 4 years I took the opportunity offered by the ENS to study different fields:
► Computer Science (Parisian Research Master in Computer Science (MPRI) and the Mathematics, Vision and Learning Master (MVA))
► Economics (Analysis and policy in economics Master)
► Financial Mathematics (Paris VII)
During these 4 years I took the opportunity offered by the ENS to study different fields:
► Computer Science (Parisian Research Master in Computer Science (MPRI) and the Mathematics, Vision and Learning Master (MVA))
► Economics (Analysis and policy in economics Master)
► Financial Mathematics (Paris VII)
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Vibe coding
Expert
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Generative AI
Advanced
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Computer Science
Advanced
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Algorithms
Advanced
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Internet of Things
Advanced
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Python
Advanced
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Android / Java
Good
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Statistics
Good
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Data Analysis
Good
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Web Development
Good
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French
Expert
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English
Advanced
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Product management
Advanced
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Project Management
Advanced
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Partner management
Advanced
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People management
Good
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Scrum and agile methodologies
Advanced
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Rapid Prototyping
Advanced
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Lean Software Development
Good
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Design thinking
Intermediate
Certifications
- Scuba diving
- Skiing
- Whenever and wherever I can
- Digital photography (bird watching)
- Home automation ☛ https://github.com/Giom-V/Home-assistant
