Steven Kan

Steven earned his BS in applied physics from Yale University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Steven also holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he was a Venture Fellow and Dean's Scholar.

As Director of Operations and Chiefs of Staff Strategy for Google Cloud AI, Steven is responsible for managing the overall strategy and operations of Cloud AI as well as ensuring development of AI products that meet responsibility and data privacy expectations of customers, regulators, and Google’s AI Principles????Steven joined Google in 2011 and helped launch and grow Google Drive, Chrome OS, and Google Wifi, consumer products which are now used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. In 2014 he took on business development and strategy responsibilities for Android, IoT, VR, and AR where he managed technology and content partnerships for products such as Google Cardboard, the world's largest VR platform, and grew Google’s AR/VR presence in new regions such as China and India.????Before joining Google, Steven was Vice President of Business Operations at Apture (acquired by Google). Prior to Apture, Steven was with venture firms Clearstone and Redpoint where he helped incubate multiple companies including the online video technology company Ankeena Networks (acquired by Juniper). Steven 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. Steven 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 at Lake Tahoe with his wife and two children.

Steven is a member of Kauffman Fellows Class 11 and served his fellowship under mentor Jim Armstrong at Clearstone Ventures in Menlo Park, CA.